Question: If squalene were synthesized in a medium containing acetate whose carbonyl carbon were labeled with radioactive 14C which carbons in squalene would be labeled?

If squalene were synthesized in a medium containing acetate whose carbonyl carbon were
labeled with radioactive 14C which carbons in squalene would be labeled?

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