Environmental and Evolutionary Preconditionsfor the Origin and Diversification of the C4 PhotosyntheticSyndrome
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- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Plant Biology
- Vol. 3 (3) , 202-213
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2001-15206
Abstract
C4 photosynthesis is an evolutionary solution to high rates of photorespiration and low kinetic efficiency of Rubisco in CO2-depleted atmospheres of recent geologic time. About 7500 plant ...Keywords
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