What Are Pyrimidine Dimers

question 35

Multiple Choice

What are pyrimidine dimers?

• A)pyrimidines (C and T)that have gained an extra nitrogen-containing ring structure
• B)pyrimidines on antiparallel DNA strands that form complementary base pairs
• C)adjacent pyrimidines on the same DNA strand that join by covalent bonding
• D)pyrimidines formed by demethylation of purines

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