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| 1. |
With reference to DNA repair, which of the following statements, if any, is false? |
| A. | In the great majority of cases, DNA repair is some kind of mechanism that does not directly reverse the molecular steps that cause DNA damage. |
| B. | Most of the time DNA repair involves a mechanism that makes a repair to both DNA strands. |
| C. | When DNA repair involves repairing both DNA strands, the accuracy of the repair is higher in cells where the DNA has replicated than in cells before DNA replication. |
| D. | DNA repair mechanisms are not evolutionarily well-conserved; human repair mechanisms differ significantly from those in the cells of other vertebrates. |
| Answer» B. Most of the time DNA repair involves a mechanism that makes a repair to both DNA strands. | |