Compare anaerobic respiration in a yeast cell with anaerobic respiration in a muscle cells.

Yeasts are eukaryotic single-celled organisms. Muscle cells are eukaryotic cells too however they exist within animals, rather than on their own.Anaerobic respiration in yeast produces ethanol. In muscle cells, anaerobic respiration produces lactic acid. In both cases, glucose breakdown is incompleteYeast produces CO2 whereas muscle cells do notBoth release very small amounts of energy

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