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Where does the given sentence best fit in the passage?
Morphology of plants also may be influenced by UV.

The most destructive effect of UV radiation on plants involves damage to DNA that results in mutations. Physiological effects also can occur, such as reductions in biomass production and non-stomatal aspects of photosynthesis. The damage to DNA and photosynthesis caused by UV radiation can be partially repaired by plants during both the day and the night. (A) Studies have been conducted with a specific cultivar of rice that is more UV-sensitive in that it exhibits greater growth inhibition and leaf browning than another cultivar of rice when subjected to UV-B radiation. (B) The UV-sensitive cultivar was deficient in both photo-repair during the day and excision repair of DNA during the night compared with the UV-tolerant cultivar. (C) Orange trees growing at very high altitudes in the Andes Mountains near Quito in Ecuador have a more branched appearance than the same scion growing at low elevations in a Mediterranean climatic zone at Riverside, California. (D) The effect was eliminated by installing UV-absorbing screens above the orange trees, indicating the excessive branching may be due to an effect of the high UV in the Andes on the meristems of the branches. (E) Protection against high UV may occur in plants by epidermal cells or leaf hairs that contain phenolic compounds.

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주어진 문장이 들어갈 곳은 (C)이다.
“Morphology of plants also may be influenced by UV.”(식물의 형태도 자외선의 영향을 받을 수 있다)는 “also”로 앞의 DNA·광합성 손상과 벼 품종 연구에 새 주제를 더한다. (C) 뒤의 오렌지 나무가 “more branched appearance”(가지가 더 많은 모습)를 보인다는 내용이 형태 변화의 구체적 예다.
(A): 뒤의 벼 품종 연구는 앞 문장의 DNA·광합성 손상과 회복 내용을 잇는 것으로 형태 이야기가 아니다.
(B): 같은 벼 품종의 내성 차이를 설명하는 중간이라 흐름이 끊긴다.
(D): 앞 문장은 이미 형태 차이의 예이고, 뒤의 “The effect”가 그 차이를 바로 받아야 한다.
(E): 뒤 문장은 자외선 방어로 화제가 옮겨 가므로 형태의 도입 문장이 놓일 수 없다.