Viruses have either RNA or DNA that carries their genetic information
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Viruses have genetic material that determines their traits Viruses can reproduce provided they have a host cell. Viruses can evolve.
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The genetic information in all viruses is: a) DNA. b) RNA. c) protein. d) polymerase enzymes. e) DNA or RNA.
RNA viruses vs. DNA viruses Classify the following characteristics as describing either RNA or DNA viruses. Answer choices may be used more than once or not at all. Contains ribonucleic acid as genetic material Includes HIV and influenza Contains deoxyribonucleic acid as genetic material Includes smallpox, chicken pox, and herpes Requires reverse transcriptase to synthesize proteins More prone to mutations Incorporates its genetic material into the host cell Surrounded by a proteinaceous capsid RNA viruses DNA viruses
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