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Retrovirus have genetic material
BiologyHuman Health and DiseasesJIPMERJIPMER 2008
Options:
  • A DNA only
  • B RNA only
  • C DNA or RNA only
  • D either DNA or RNA only
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The correct answer is: RNA only
Retrovirus is an RNA virus that infects animal cells and replicates by first being converted to double stranded DNA, with the enzyme reverse transcriptase. Retroviruses are enveloped Viruses. The HIV III (Human Immunodeficiency virus), which causes AIDS, is a retrovirus.

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