Cell respiration is carried out by ________.

Ribosome

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Mitochondria

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Chloroplast

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Golgi bodies

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Solution

The correct option is B Mitochondria
In 1950, Kolliker for the first time saw mitochondria. Later on C Benda coined the term mitochondria. These are the sites of cellular respiration, oxidative phosphorylation, synthesis of heame protein, cytochrome, myoglobin, etc.

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