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The energy yield in terms of ATP is higher in aerobic respiration than during anaerobic respiration. Why is there anaerobic respiration even in organisms that live in aerobic condition like human beings and angiosperms?

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Aerobic respiration occurs in normal conditions in human beings. Under intense conditions such as excercises he, muscles demand too much energy (ATP) and consume much more oxygen to produce that energy.
This high consumption leads to oxygen scarcity and the muscle cells begin to make lactic acid by anaerobic respiration to fulfill their energetic needs. Similarly, yeast cells under deficient conditions of oxygen carry out anaerobic respiration, forming ethyl alcohol and CO2.


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