Concepts of Biology
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ISBN: 9781938168116
Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 17, Problem 4RQ
Which statement is true?
a. A virion contains DNA and RNA.
b. Viruses are acellular.
c. Viruses replicate outside of the cell.
d. Most viruses are easily visualized with a light microscope.
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A.
The host cell has some particular thing - be it machinery, chemistry or whatever - that the virus MUST have in order to successfully reproduce.
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C.
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Concepts of Biology
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