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Describe what would happen to people who lost their mitochondria, and explain why it would happen.
In Madeleine L'Engle's children's novel A Wrinkle in Time, the mitochondria in one of the characters starts to die. Describe what would happen to people who lost their mitochondria, and explain why it would happen.
Mitochondria being power house of cell is very important in running cellular metabolic activities. Any loss of mitochondria will compel cell to go for some alternative routes for energy production. These routes may give birth to new alternative pathway of energy production.
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