In a cyanobacterium, the reactions that produce NADPH occur in

A) the light reactions alone.
B) the Calvin cycle alone.
C) both the light reactions and the Calvin cycle.
D) neither the light reactions nor the Calvin cycle.
E) the chloroplast, but is not part of photosynthesis.


Ans: A) the light reactions alone.

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