A medical researcher finds a high incidence of covalent bonds between thymine and other nucleotides in the DNA of skin cells of a patient.The most likely cause is
A) exposure to cigarette smoke.
B) a defective DNA polymerase.
C) nitrous oxide exposure.
D) exposure to UV radiation.
E) unknown; these bonds likely formed spontaneously.
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