Question
PGA as the first CO2 fixation product was discovered in photosynthesis of
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bryophyte
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gymnosperm
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angiosperm
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alga
Solution
D.
alga
The use of radioactive 14C by Melvin Calvin in algal (Chlorella) photosynthesis studies led to the discovery that the first CO2 fixation product was a 3- carbon organic acid. The first product identified was 3 -phoshoglyceric acid (PGA)
