Red Blood Cells or RBCs

carry out both glycolysis and aerobic respiration

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carry out glycolysis but not aerobic respiration

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carry out aerobic respiration but not glycolysis

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The correct option is B carry out glycolysis but not aerobic respiration
The breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid is called gylcolysis. It occurs in the cytoplasm of cell. But the aerobic respiration takes place within the mitochondria. RBCs lack mitochondria and so it cannot carry out aerobic respiration but can carry out glycolysis in the cytoplasm.

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