NEETBotanyPhotosynthesis in Higher Plants
Who discovered the first CO2 fixation product in the Calvin cycle?
Options
- AGregor Mendel
- BMelvin Calvin
- CAlbert Einstein
- DCharles Darwin
Correct answer
B. Melvin Calvin
Step-by-step solution
CO2 is combined with H2O to produce (CH2O) n or sugars. It was of interest to scientists to find out how this reaction proceeded, or rather what was the first product formed when CO2 is taken into a reaction or fixed. Just after world war II, among the several efforts to put radioisotopes to beneficial use, the work of Melvin Calvin is exemplary . The use of radioactive 14C by him in algal photosynthesis studies led to the discovery that the first CO2 fixation product was a 3-carbon organic acid. He also contribute