What is the name of the scientist who discovered the first product of CO₂ fixation in photosynthesis?

What is the name of the scientist who discovered the first product of CO₂ fixation in photosynthesis?
  1. Melvin Calvin
  2. Francis Crick
  3. Rosalind Franklin
  4. Watson and Crick

Solution

Melvin Calvin is the scientist who discovered the first product of CO₂ fixation in photosynthesis using radioactive 14C in algal photosynthesis studies. This product was identified as a 3-carbon organic acid, phosphoglyceric acid (PGA).

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