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Name two structural characteristics that triglycerides and phospholipids have in common.

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Two structural characteristics that triglycerides and phospholipids have in common are that they are both composed of fatty acids? The fatty acids are attached to a molecule called glycerol and fatty acyl tails

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Answer:

Triglycerides and phospholipids both contain long hydrocarbon chain and a glycerol molecule.

Explanation:

Fatty acids and glycerol both are included in lipids and perform important functions in the living organisms. These two molecules have similarities in their chemical structures.

Both triglyceride and phospholipid contains fatty acids that include long hydrocarbon chains and carboxylic acid group. Triglycerides and fats have glycerol molecules as well.

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