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In addition to being used to construct exoskeletons, chitin is found in the cell walls of A. animals B. plants C. fungi
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In addition to being used to
construct exoskeletons, chitin is
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B. plants
C. fungi
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Fungi. Chitin is found only in eukaryotic organisms, usually as a shell or cuticle component of crustaceans, insects, molluscs, and nematodes, and as an essential cell wall component of fungi.
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