Biology (11th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Photosynthesis - Review Questions - Understand - Page 167: 7

Answer

a.

Work Step by Step

Carbon fixation adds a carboxylic acid group to ribulose bisphosphate, leading quickly to two molecules of organic acid. b. describes the overall process of the light-independent reactions but not just carbon fixation, and c. describes a regulatory step which would affect fixation but is not fixation itself. d. is the reverse of carbon fixation.
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