Haldane effect is defined as: September 2010
Ans. C: Deoxygenation of blood increases capacity for carbon dioxide The Haldane effect is a propey of hemoglobin first described by the Scottish physician John Scott Haldane. Deoxygenation of the blood increases its ability to carry carbon dioxide; this propey is the Haldane effect. Conversely, oxygenated blood has a reduced capacity for carbon dioxide.