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How many type of photosynthetic cells occur in C4 plants?

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One type
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Two type
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Four type
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Eight type
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Solution

The correct option is B Two type
The thick walled bundle sheath cells present around vascular bundles in the shape of a ring in C4 plants have chloroplast. The bundle sheath cells have agranal chloroplast and fix carbon dioxide with the help of RuBisCO enzyme. The thin walled mesophyll cells carry out initial carbon dioxide fixation with the help of PEP carboxylase enzyme. This special arrangement of cells and presence of dimorphic chloroplasts helps in minimizing photorespiration in C4 plants. Thus two types of photosynthetic cells occur in C4 plants- one type mesophyll cells, which carry on initial carbon dioxide fixation and another bundle sheath cells, which carry on carbon dioxide fixation using RuBisCO enzyme.

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