Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11877-456-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-11877-456-4

Chapter 3 - The Cellular Level of Organization - Checkpoint - Page 87: 23

Answer

Ribosomes are produced in the nucleoli. Each nucleoli is a cluster of DNA plus protein plus RNA. These structures are the sites of rRNA synthesis and the sites of assembly of rRNA and proteins to form ribosomes

Work Step by Step

There are two nucleoli in each nucleus. Nucleoli are non-membranous organelles.
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