Mitochondria are rod-shaped organelles that can be considered the power generators of the cell, converting oxygen and nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is the chemical energy "currency" of the cell that powers the cell's metabolic activities. This process is called aerobic respiration and is the reason animals breathe oxygen. Without mitochondria (singular, mitochondrion), higher animals would likely not exist because their cells would only be able to obtain energy from anaerobic respiration (in the absence of oxygen), a process much less efficient than aerobic respiration. In fact, mitochondria enable cells to produce 15 times more ATP than they could otherwise, and complex animals, like humans, need large amounts of energy in order to survive.
For more go to: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/mitochondria/mitochondria.html
2006-12-29 11:13:55
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answered by Martha P 7
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Animal cellular, contained in the cytoplasm. purely floating around there. plant cellular i think of its additionally contained in the cytpplasm, it develop into see you later in the past for the reason that I learnt this, hmm, in plant life its between the membrane and the important vacuole, if plant life even have them...hmm,
2016-12-18 21:20:00
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answered by flanary 4
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depends on the type of cell, some cells have it in the nucleus, opther cells keep it in organells
2006-12-29 09:01:52
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answered by Anonymous
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in a cell
2006-12-29 09:01:43
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answered by precious02k 3
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