Photorespiration:
A
Occurs because oxygen rather than carbon dioxide links to the RuBisCO enzyme in the Calvin cycle.
B
Occurs more frequently in 
than in 
plants under identical conditions.
than in plants under identical conditions.
C
Describes the uptake of 
and the release of oxygen in chloroplasts.
and the release of oxygen in chloroplasts.
D
All of the above.
Text Solution
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A
Photorespiration is absent in 
in plants and present in 
in plants. Photorespiration occurs because oxygen rather than carbon dioxide links to the rubisco enzyme in the Calvin cycle. It involves three cell organelles peroxisomes, chloroplast and mitochondria.
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