In an experiment studying photosynthesis performed during the day, you provide a plant with radioactivecarbon (14C) dioxide as a metabolic tracer. The 14C is incorporated first into oxaloacetate. The plant is best characterized as a

C4 plant.

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C3 plant.

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CAM plant.

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heterotroph.

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Solution

The correct option is A
C4 plant.

This is the first visible product in C4 plants.

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