Which of the following fatty acids, if incorporated into a typical eukaryotic membrane phospholipid, would be the most likely to decrease that membrane’s fluidity? linolenic acid, with 18 carbons and three carbon-to-carbon double bondslinoleic acid, with 18 carbons and two carbon-to-carbon double bondsstearic acid, with 18 carbons and no carbon-to-carbon double bondsoleic acid, with 18 carbons and one carbon-to-carbon double bondall of the above molecules are saturated, and equally likely to decrease membrane fluidity

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Which of the following fatty acids, if incorporated into a typical eukaryotic membrane phospholipid, would be the most likely to decrease that membrane’s fluidity?

linolenic acid, with 18 carbons and three carbon-to-carbon double bonds
linoleic acid, with 18 carbons and two carbon-to-carbon double bonds
stearic acid, with 18 carbons and no carbon-to-carbon double bonds
oleic acid, with 18 carbons and one carbon-to-carbon double bond
all of the above molecules are saturated, and equally likely to decrease membrane fluidity

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