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Grade 12Botany

the first stable intermediate product formed during dark reaction of photosynthesis is
  1. ribulose-5-phosphate
  2. fructose-6-phosphate
  3. phosphoglyceraldehyde
  4. glucose-1-phosphate

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
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Correct Answer is 3) Phosphoglyceraldehyde
There are three molecules of CO2combines with three molecules of RuBP to produce three molecules of unstable 6-C compound which immediately breaks down into molecules of three phosphoglyceric acid ot phsphoglyceraldehyde.