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ISBN: 9780078024207

Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Plants have a capacity that we humans can only imagine— the ability to produce food from sunlight. Sure, we can prepare some dishes that we can savor on, but it become possible because of the plants (as they serve as a producers of all the raw materials …

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Why is the Calvin cycle also called the C₃ pathway?

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Solution Summary: The author explains that the Calvin cycle is also called the C_3 pathway because it is responsible for the metabolic pathway for carbon fixation in photosynthesis.

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