Biology: Life on Earth
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321729712
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Chapter 3, Problem 2FTB
Fill in the following with the appropriate type of lipid: Unsaturated, liquid at room temperature: _____; bees use to make honeycombs: _______; stores energy in animals; sex hormones are synthesized from these: ____; the LDL form of this contributes to heart disease: -_______: a major component of cell membranes that has polar heads: ____.
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