In the context of ribosomes, the Svedberg value 60S most likely represents:

A. an intact bacterial ribosome.
B. an intact eukaryotic ribosome.
C. a large bacterial ribosomal subunit.
D. a large eukaryotic ribosomal subunit.
E. a small eukaryotic ribosomal subunit.


Answer: D

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