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What is Altman's granules?

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Chloroplast

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Golgi bodies

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Nucleus

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Mitochondria

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Solution

The correct option is D
Mitochondria

Richard Altman (1852-1900), a German histologist in 1890, advanced his theory that the fundamental units of protoplasm are granular particles. The particles now are known as mitochondria.

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