Calvin's lollipop experiment involved adding carbon-14 to green algae in a 'lollipop' apparatus, exposing them to light, and then analyzing the incorporating radioactive carbon compounds using 2D chromatography after varying light exposure times to map the Calvin cycle.
Calvin's lollipop experiment involved adding carbon-14 to green algae in a 'lollipop' apparatus, exposing them to light, and then analyzing the incorporating radioactive carbon compounds using 2D chromatography after varying light exposure times to map the Calvin cycle.
| Front | describe calvin's lollipop experiment (7) |
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| Back | carbon-14 added to 'lollipop' apparatus containing green algae, light shown to induce photosynthesis, organic compounds will incorporate carbon-14, algae killed after different periods of time, samples analysed using 2D chromatography (separates the carbon compounds), radioactive carbon compounds identified, comparing different periods of light exposure to sequence the calvin cycle |
Tags: 8_3_photosynthesis
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