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How does ultraviolet radiation in sunlight typically damage DNA?

A. It breaks hydrogen bonds between the two strands of DNA.
B. It causes two adjacent pyrimidine bases to become covalently linked.
C. It breaks the sugar–phosphate backbone of DNA.
D. It removes bases from nucleotides in DNA.
E. It converts cytosine into uracil.

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I believe the answer would be option B. Hope that helps.
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