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Assertion: DNA segments can be excised by 'molecular scissors' or 'chemical scalpels' that biotechnologists call restriction enzymes
Reason: Restriction enzymes are synthesised by microbes as a defence mechanism and are specific endonucleases which can cleave double-stranded DNA.

A

If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

B

If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

C

If Assertion is true but the Reason is false.

D

If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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