• Tanis Nikana
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    28 days ago

    I wish this would have been taught instead of “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.”

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      28 days ago

      I see this all the time, but isn’t mitochondria plural? One mitochondrion, two mitochondria, or did my teachers lie?

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        28 days ago

        The mitochondria, which there is only one in a cell, implies the existence of at least seven mitochondrions worldwide. I’m not sure how many there are, probably a lot, maybe then thirty?