Biochemistry
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Author: Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham
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Chapter 21, Problem 12P
Interpretation Introduction
To determine:
The nature of the specific effects induced in chloroplasts by light and to specify how the
Introduction:
The process of conversion of inorganic carbon dioxide to organic compounds as done by the living organisms is known as carbon fixation or carbon dioxide fixation or carbon assimilation.
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