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If an organelle is lost, what is an area that will experience complete or partial loss of function?

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The expert determines if an organelle is lost, what is an area that will experience complete or partial lose of function.

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1) Any loss of an organelle from a cell would typically be catastrophic to the cell and certainly catastrophic to the organism if it was lost throughout all of the cells of an organism.

2)Taking a few possible examples:
a. Let's assume that we are considering a green plant that loses its ...

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