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Histology of Duodenum

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Glucose produced during photosynthesis is soon polymerised into starch. What does polymerisation mean?

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Starch is a polymer of glucose, i.e. a starch molecule is formed by combining several glucose molecules; the process is termed polymerisation.

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The production of starch, and not glucose, is often used as a measure of photosynthesis in leaves because

(a) starch is the immediate product of photosynthesis.

(b) glucose formed in photosynthesis soon gets converted into starch.

(c) starch is soluble in water.

(d) sugar cannot be tested.

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