Q.

HIV is classified as a retrovirus because its genetic information is carried in
 

A

DNA instead of RNA

B

DNA

C

RNA instead of DNA

D

Protein coat


A.

(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.

 



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