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 :

Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

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