Calvin cycle
The series of dark reactions, also known as the carbon fixation stage, which forms the second of the two stages of photosynthesis after photolysis. The Calvin cycle takes place in the stroma of chloroplasts. Carbon dioxide enters the cycle, together with energy made available by photolysis, and in a series of steps, glucose is manufactured. This glucose can be used in respiration or as a building block in making starch and cellulose.
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