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Energy is often transferred inside cells through redox reactions. How is that transfer of energy

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There's a lot of energy stored in the bonds between the carbon and hydrogen atoms in glucose. During cellular respiration, redox reactions basically transfer this bond energy in the form of electrons from glucose to molecules called electron carriers.

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