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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wouldnt adenosine triphosphate be the real energy and mitochondria just stealing credit for the work of its children?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, ATP would be more like the batteries, yeah. The mitochondria would be the whole power plant, and the little spinny generators would be the big spinny generators.

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