Structural Organisation In Animals Question 397

Question: Usually chordates have red blood containing red blood corpuscles. The blood is red due to the presence of the following pigment [DPMT 1993; AFMC 1993]

Options:

A) Myoglobin

B) Anthocyanin

C) $ \beta $ anthocyanin

D) Haemoglobin

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Haemoglobin is an iron containing respiratory pigment occuring in vertebrate red blood cells and plasma of some invertebrate.