Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7.5, Problem 2TYK
An evolutionary adaptation to minimize photorespiration is found in
- C3 plants.
- C4 plants with mesophyll and bundle-sheath cells.
- CAM plants that separate carbon fixation and the Calvin cycle in time.
- all of the above.
- b and c only.
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