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(A) Explain Why Phosphoglycerides Are Capable of Spontaneously Assembling into the Bilayer

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(a) Explain why phosphoglycerides are capable of spontaneously assembling into the bilayer structure found in biological membranes but triacylglycerols are not. (b) What are the forces that drive bilayer formation?


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