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Carbon dioxide labelled with 
has been used to identify the intermediate compounds in the Calvin cycle, the light independent stage in photosynthesis. Which compound would be the first to contain the 
?
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During the calvin cycle, the radioactive 
is accepted by ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate (RuBP) in the formation of the first product, 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGA), which will be the first compound to contain 
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