If the contents of a leaf tissue are carefully fractioned, which fractions is said to be alive?
A
Mitochondria
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ER
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C
Cell wall
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D
Ribosome
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Solution
The correct option is A Mitochondria Mitochondria are cell organelles that play an important role in ATP production. It has its own genetic material. As a result it are capable of self replication and can remain alive for some time when removed from the cell by its self duplication property. Hence mitochondria is said to be alive. Thus the correct answer is option A.