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What is chloride shift ? Write its significance during respiration.

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(i) Chloride shift is the exchange of `Cl^(-)` of blood plasma and `HCO_(3)^(-)` of RBCs in the presence of an exchange pump .
(ii) It helps in maintaing an electrochemical neutralitiy.
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