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Respiration pathways in low O2 environments

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Description: This template compares carbon fixation strategies in C3, C4, and CAM plants adapted to hot, dry environments. It shows how C3 plants lose efficiency to photorespiration when Rubisco fixes oxygen instead of CO2, while C4 plants separate CO2 fixation into mesophyll cells and the Calvin cycle into bundle sheath cells, and CAM plants separate the same steps by fixing CO2 into a four-carbon compound at night before running the Calvin cycle during the day.

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This template compares carbon fixation strategies in C3, C4, and CAM plants adapted to hot, dry environments. It shows how C3 plants lose efficiency to photorespiration when Rubisco fixes oxygen instead of CO2, while C4 plants separate CO2 fixation into mesophyll cells and the Calvin cycle into bundle sheath cells, and CAM plants separate the same steps by fixing CO2 into a four-carbon compound at night before running the Calvin cycle during the day.

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