If a helical turn is removed from a closed-circular DNA molecule:

A. only supercoiling will occur.
B. only strand separation will occur.
C. supercoiling and/or strand separation will occur.
D. cruciform DNA will likely form.
E. solenoidal DNA will likely form.


C

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What will be an ideal response?

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