The pea aphid, a type of insect, contains light-capturing pigments in its exoskeleton. pea aphids gained the ability to synthesize these pigments from genes transferred from fungi. while pea aphids do not have chloroplasts or fix carbon, researchers have found that pea aphids with more pigments have higher levels of atp than those with fewer pigments. pea aphids also have been shown to increase production of atp when exposed to sunlight. based on this information, is the pea aphid a true autotroph?

An autotroph is an organism that can generate it's own nutrients. In the example, you see a relationship which allows the pea aphid to gain more energy, but not produce it.

And hetertroph is an organisms that can't generate it's own nutrients, and therefore needs to feed on something, which is the case of pea aphids.

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in which structure in the nucleus are ribosomes made?

b) nucleolus!

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the correct answer is b. possesses the characteristic of compartmentalization of organelles, wherein the organelles are bound by membranes.

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