Do viruses have DNA or RNA as their genetic material?

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Jic · Answer 1 · 2021-05-02T02:58:45+0000

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Most viruses have either RNA or DNA as their genetic material. The nucleic acid may be single- or double-stranded. The entire infectious virus particle, called a virion, consists of the nucleic acid and an outer shell of protein. The simplest viruses contain only enough RNA or DNA to encode four proteins.

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