Question

Recombinational repair is often due to ____________

(a) Incorporation of many incorrect nucleotides by DNA pol

(b) Many cystidine dimer and associated large gaps in a strand

(c) Many thymidine dimer formations and associated large gaps in a strand

(d) All of the mentioned

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Asked question is from DNA Repair topic in portion DNA, RNA and Protein Metabolism of Biochemistry

Answer 1

Correct option is (c) Many thymidine dimer formations and associated large gaps in a strand

Explanation: Recombinational repair is often due to many thymidine dimer formations and associated large gaps in a strand.