Ah, these fascinating organelles, mitochondria 🤩
hannah waters writes in @quantamagazine.bsky.social: "𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻." implying autarky.
⚡𝗻𝗼: they 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 by tools of the cell, not their own. no autarky.
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