Cell membranes in plants that thrive in extreme cold are able to remain fluid by
A) increasing the average length of the fatty acid tails in the membrane.
B) decreasing the percentage of cholesterol molecules in the membrane.
C) decreasing the number of hydrophobic proteins in the membrane.
D) increasing the percentage of unsaturated phospholipids in the membrane.
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