Question

The genetic material of virus includes:

Options

• only RNA

• only DNA

• RNA and DNA both

• RNA or DNA, i.e., one nucleic acid in a virus

Answer 1

RNA or DNA, i.e., one nucleic acid in a virus

Explanation:

Viruses are obligatory intracellular parasites that can only multiply by entering and destroying other cells because they lack the cellular machinery to reproduce themselves. The genetic substance of viruses is either DNA or RNA. Retroviruses are viruses that have RNA as their genetic material.