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Q. Which of the following DNA sequences qualifies be designated as a palindrome?

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Palindrome is a section of double stranded DNA in which the sequence of bases on one DNA strand is inverted and repeated with that on other strand. Thus, the following sequence is palindromic $ 5-AGCGCT-3 $ $ 3-TCGCGA-5 $ Palindromic sequences are common in DNA and are the sites at which the DNA is cleaved by restriction enzymes.