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kvasek [131]
3 years ago
8

Dna, the genetic material of living organisms, is damaged by light in the

Biology
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asambeis [7]3 years ago
6 0
Ultraviolet sun rays it damages the cells and can cause skin cancer.
gayaneshka [121]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: ... in the UVB light exposure.

Explanation: When DNA is exposed to UVB radiation, thymine bases that are close to each other in the genetic sequence bond together, and this bond <u>cannot be copied</u> by the enzimes responsible for reproducing the genetic material. In the skin, it causes sunburns and stimulates the production of melanin. Luckily, DNA is only damaged by 0,1% of those UVB radiation photons, but even this percentege is enough to cause a sunburn anyway.

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