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Date November 2021 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 21N.1A.HL.TZ1.40
Level HL Paper 1A Time zone TZ1
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21N.1A.HL.TZ1.40

The micrograph shows part of a human sperm cell. Which region of the cell is responsible for the greatest production of ATP?

[Source: Oliveira, J.B.A., Petersen, C.G., Massaro, F.C. et al. Motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME):
intervariation study of normal sperm and sperm with large nuclear vacuoles. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 8, 56 (2010).
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-8-56. https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Single_
human_spermatozoa.jpg Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 2.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by/2.0).]

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