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Chapter 28, Problem 6TY
What is surprising about mixotrophs?
- a. They have no plastids, but they occur in mixed communities with autotrophs.
- b. They have mixed heterotrophic and autotrophic mechanisms of nutrition.
- c. Their cells contain a mixture of red and green plastids.
- d. Their cells contain a mixture of haploid and diploid nuclei.
- e. They consume a mixed diet of algae.
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