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A restriction endonuclease has a recognition site of 3 bases. Assuming random arrangement of nucleotides, the probability that this endonuclease will cut a piece of DNA is __________ (rounded off to three decimal places).

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Correct Answer: 0.015

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The Correct answer is : 0.015

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