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minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI wish this would have been taught instead of “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.”
minus-squarepmk@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI see this all the time, but isn’t mitochondria plural? One mitochondrion, two mitochondria, or did my teachers lie?
minus-squareTanis Nikana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoThe 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?
I wish this would have been taught instead of “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.”
I see this all the time, but isn’t mitochondria plural? One mitochondrion, two mitochondria, or did my teachers lie?
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?