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Author Question: Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants A) can continue to fix CO2 even at relatively l (Read 797 times)

Jesse_J

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on: Jun 15, 2013
Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants
A) can continue to fix CO2 even at relatively low CO2 concentrations and high oxygen concentrations.
B) have higher rates of photorespiration.
C) do not use rubisco for carbon fixation.
D) grow better under cool, moist conditions.
E) make a four-carbon compound, oxaloacetate, which is then delivered to the citric acid cycle in mitochondria.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 15, 2013
I picked A and I got it right, good luck :)


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Reply #2 on: Jul 4, 2013
Thank you so much, I marked it solved ;D


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