Which statement is FALSE regarding supercoils in nucleic acids?
A) Supercoils allow DNA to become more compact.
B) Most naturally occuring DNA has a linking number that is greater than the twist.
C) Supercoiling requires DNA that is either circular or has constrained ends.
D) Positive solenoidal supercoils have the opposite handedness to positive plectonemic supercoils.
E) The twist for Z-DNA will have a negative value.
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