Which Statement Best Supports the Hypothesis That Glycolysis Is an Ancient

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Multiple Choice

Which statement best supports the hypothesis that glycolysis is an ancient metabolic pathway that originated before the last universal common ancestor of life on Earth?

• A) Glycolysis is widespread and is found in the domains Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
• B) Glycolysis neither uses nor needs O₂.
• C) Glycolysis is found in all eukaryotic cells.
• D) The enzymes of glycolysis are found in the cytosol rather than in a membrane-enclosed organelle.
• E) Ancient prokaryotic cells, the most primitive of cells, made extensive use of glycolysis long before oxygen was present in Earth's atmosphere.

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