Free Flashcard From chapter 16
Question:
Individuals with the disorder xeroderma pigmentosum are
hypersensitive to sunlight because their cells have an impaired ability to
A)
replicate DNA.
B) undergo
mitosis.
C) exchange DNA with other cells.
D) repair thymine dimers.
E) recombine homologous chromosomes during meiosis
Answer:
D) repair thymine dimers.