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Why is cellular respiration considered to be more efficient than glycolysis alone

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Glycolysis breaks the glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules, and they still have high energy bonds. These bond are broken during the aerobic respiration part and the energy released from them is stored in the ATP molecules which will then be used by the cell as an energy source.

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