When Calvin injected 14C labeled CO2 into cultures of green algae, what led him to conclude that rubisco adds CO2 to ribulose bisphosphate in the Calvin cycle?

A. Radioactivity appeared last in ribulose bisphosphate.
B. Radioactivity first appeared in glucose.
C. Radioactivity first appeared in ribulose bisphosphate.
D. Radioactivity appeared last in glucose.
E. Radioactivity first appeared in 3-phosphoglycerate.
F. Radioactivity appeared last in 3-phosphoglycerate


A. Radioactivity appeared last in ribulose bisphosphate.

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