At high oxygen concentration, the rate of photosynthesis decreases due to

Warburg effect

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Solution

The correct option is D Warburg effect
RuBisCO is ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase is the molecule which is the CO $_{2}$ acceptor but its affinity to bind with oxygen is more than CO $_{2}$ . So when the concentration of oxygen increases the rate of photosynthesis decreases. This is known as the Warburg effect.
So the correct option is 'Warburg effect'.

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