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The bohr Effect states that the lower the ph,?

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The Bohr effect describes how low pH (acidity) lowers the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen, making hemoglobin more likely to offload oxygen in areas of low pH, which for reasons I'll get into, tissues in need of oxygen tend to have.

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