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mydiamond

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on: Sep 3, 2013
Certain nutrients are considered "essential" in the diets of some animals because
A) only those animals use those nutrients.
B) the nutrients are subunits of important polymers.
C) these animals are not able to synthesize these nutrients.
D) the nutrients are necessary coenzymes.
E) only certain foods contain them.


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Reply #1 on: Sep 5, 2013
I remember it being C

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Reply #2 on: Sep 24, 2014
Wonderful :D You were right.


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