Ionizing Radiation Alters DNA by

question 48

Multiple Choice

Ionizing radiation alters DNA by

• A) deleting bases.
• B) removing the nitrogen from the bases.
• C) kinking the double helix.
• D) breaking the sugar-phosphate backbone.
• E) reversing replication forks.

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