NEET Biology question

**Statement 1:** Genetic engineering requires both nucleases and ligases. **Statement 2:** Ligases produce the nick in the recombinant DNA molecule.

(A)Both statements are true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1
(B)Both statements are true but Statement 2 is not the correct explanation of Statement 1
(C)Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is falseCorrect
(D)Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true

Answer: (C)

Solution

Statement 1 is true: genetic engineering indeed requires nucleases (restriction endonucleases) to cut DNA at specific sites and ligases to join the cut fragments together. Statement 2, however, is false: it is the **nuclease** that

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