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GENETICS
Exposure to UV light results in thymine dimers between adjacentthymines in a single DNA strand. Describe how repair of this damagemight lead to a mutation.
GENETICS
Exposure to UV light results in thymine dimers between adjacentthymines in a single DNA strand. Describe how repair of this damagemight lead to a mutation.
Reid WolffLv2
28 Sep 2019
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1. Which of these statements is correct in regards to the repair of DNA damaged by UV light.
| A. a type of nuclease functions to remove the damage | ||
| B. a helicase melts the double helix DNA | ||
| C. DNA pol III fills in the missing strand | ||
| D. RNA ligase functions to seal the breaks | ||
| E. Incorrect or lack or repair can cause xeroderma pigmentosum. |
2. DNA uses Thymine not uracil, as deamination of thymine would lead to cytosine, and therefore mutation in the DNA during replication.
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