Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24, Problem 4A
Analyze why an herbicide that targets the chloroplast is effective against malaria.
a. Because Plasmodium needs a Functional apicoplast
b. Because the main vector for malaria a is a plant
c Because mosquitoes require plant leaves for food
d. Became Plasmodium mitochondria la are very similar to chloroplasts
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