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7.) Ultraviolet light can damage DNA, leading to mutations. a.) Which pairs of neighboring nucleotides is most commonly linked by UV light? b.) The covalent linkage of nucleotides alters which process, potentially leading to DNA mutations?

          7.) Ultraviolet light can damage DNA, leading to mutations.
a.) Which pairs of neighboring nucleotides is most commonly linked
by UV light?
b.) The covalent linkage of nucleotides alters which process, potentially leading to
DNA mutations?

7.) Ultraviolet light can damage DNA, leading to mutations.
a.) Which pairs of neighboring nucleotides is most commonly linked
by UV light?
b.) The covalent linkage of nucleotides alters which process, potentially leading to
DNA mutations?

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This is known as a pyrimidine dimer. The most common dimer formed by UV light is the thymine dimer, where two adjacent thymine bases become covalently linked. Show more…

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