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In some viruses, DNA is synthesised by using RNA as template. Such a DNA is called.
BiologyMolecular Basis of Inheritance
Options:
  • A
    A-DNA
  • B
    B-DNA
  • C
    cDNA
  • D
    rDNA
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The correct answer is:
cDNA
In viruses, like retroviruses (e.g., HIV), an enzyme called reverse transcriptase is used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from and RNA template. This process is termed as reverse transcription.

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