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What damage can gamma rays and x rays do to dna

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Gamma rays can induce clustered damages in DNA in solution, and high-energy iron ions produce DSBs and oxidized pyrimidine clusters in human cells, but it was not known whether sparsely ionizing radiation can produce clustered damages in mammalian cells.Step-by-step explanation:

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It causes a variety of lesions in DNA including single- and double-strand breaks, DNA-protein cross-links, oxidized bases, and abasic sites.

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