Given below are two statements: Statement I: Restriction endonucleases recognise specific sequence to cut DNA known as palindromic nucleotide sequence. Statement II: Restriction endonucleases cut the DNA strand a little away from the centre of the palindromic site. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Question

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Restriction endonucleases recognise specific sequence to cut DNA known as palindromic nucleotide sequence. Statement II: Restriction endonucleases cut the DNA strand a little away from the centre of the palindromic site. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: (A) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct (C) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect (D) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

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Correct answer is (b) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct