Spontaneous hydrolysis reactions between DNA and surrounding water molecules commonly cause
A) pyrimidine dimer formation.
B) depurination.
C) tautomeric shift.
D) double-stranded DNA breaks.
E) deletion mutations.
Answer: B
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