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carbon fixation



The conversion of carbon dioxide into organic compounds during photosynthesis. It represents the first stage of the dark reactions of photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide from the air is combined with ribulous 1,5-biphosphate. For more details, see Calvin cycle.


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