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Which alga was used by Calvin and his associates during photosynthetic research?

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a
Chlorella
b
Volvox
c
Chlamydomonas
d
Spirogyra

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Correct option is A

The use of radioisotope C  14 by Calvin in algal photosynthesis of Chlorella led to the discovery of the first CO2 fixation product that is a 3 carbon organic acid called 3 phosphoglyceric acid or in short 3 PGA. It has 3 carbon atoms thus cycle named C3 cycle.


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