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When ultraviolet light strikes DNA, it can cause a specific type of damage. How is this damage best described?
Thymine bases on one strand of DNA, next to each other, are covalently linked together to form a thymine dimer.
Adenine and thymine bases on opposing DNA strands are linked together by hydrogen bonds.
Thymine bases on the opposing DNA strands are covalently linked together to form a thymine dimer.
Adenine and thymine bases on opposing DNA strands are covalently linked together to form an AT dimer.
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