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Xeroderma pigmentosum is a disease due to

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Production of guanine-guanine dimers in the DNA.

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Defective DNA repair.

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Autoimmunity.

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Defective melanin metabolism

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Solution

The correct option is D Defective melanin metabolism
Xeroderma pigmentosum is autosomal recessive genetic disorder of DNA repair.

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