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Cellular Respiration

Glycolysis is...

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Glycolysis is a process

(a) in which glycogen is broken brown into glucose

(b) which occurs in mitochondria

(c) in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate

(d) that occurs next to Krebs cycle.

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The correct choice is (c). Glycolysis is a process in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate.

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