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HIV is classified as a retrovirus because its genetic information is carried in |
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DNA instead of RNA |
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DNA |
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RNA instead of DNA |
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Protein coat |
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HIV is classified as a retrovirus because its genetic information is carried in |
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a) |
DNA instead of RNA |
b) |
DNA |
c) |
RNA instead of DNA |
d) |
Protein coat |
(C) HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a retrovirus. The name retrovirus comes from the fact that it has two single strands of genomic RNA and enzymereverse transcriptase which converts virus RNA into a single strand of DNA.