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book Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson cover

Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0077536848
book Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson cover

Biology 8th Edition by Kenneth Mason ,Jonathan Losos,Susan Singer,Peter Raven,George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0077536848
Exercise 15
The spontaneous formation of a lipid bilayer in an aqueous environment occurs because
A) the polar head groups of the phospholipids can interact with water.
B) the long fatty acid tails of the phospholipids can interact with water.
C) the fatty acid tails of the phospholipids are hydrophobic.
D) both a and c.
Explanation
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Water is a polar solvent so it interacts...

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