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Ultraviolet Radiation and Nucleic Acid

The damaging effects of ultraviolet on living things have long been known. Now they are being explained in terms of specific changes in molecules of the genetic material

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 207 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Ultraviolet Radiation and Nucleic Acid” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 6 (), p. 135
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1262-135