Glycolysis Is Likely to Have Evolved Before the Citric Acid

question 28

Multiple Choice

Glycolysis is likely to have evolved before the citric acid cycle and electron transport chain because

• A) it has an older fossil record.
• B) it is found in all living organisms.
• C) it occurs inside the mitochondria.
• D) the process is found in all primitive bacteria but lacking in many advanced organisms.
• E) it produces more ATP than do the citric acid cycle and electron transport chain.

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