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During dark reaction for fixation of carbon, the three carbon atoms of each molecule of 3-phosphoglyceric acid (PGA) are derived from

A

RuBP only

B

`CO_2` only

C

`RuBP + CO_2`

D

`RuBP + CO_2 + PEP`

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C
The initial reaction of the Calvin cycle in which atmospheric carbon dioxide combines with ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphates to form an unstable compound which split into two molecules of 3-Phosphoglyceric acids
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