Ultra-Violet Light Principally Causes Which of the Following Damages to DNA

question 12

Multiple Choice

Ultra-violet light principally causes which of the following damages to DNA?

• A) mismatches between stands
• B) breaks in the phosphodiester backbone of the DNA strand
• C) thymine dimerization
• D) methylation of specific bases

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