Myoglobin and the individual subunits of hemoglobin are similar in both size and structure. Of the...

Myoglobin and the individual subunits of hemoglobin are similar in both size and structure. Of the two, which would you predict contains a greater percentage of hydrophobic amino acids, and why?

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