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What is photorespiration? - Biology

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What is photorespiration?

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Extra uptake of O2 and extra release of CO2 by green plants in the presence of light is known as photorespiration. It is the respiration initiated in the presence of light. The process takes place in the chloroplast, peroxisome (microbody having a single membrane) and mitochondrion.

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