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Ionizing Radiation Alters DNA by

Question 48

Question 48

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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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