What is the basic classification of viruses. In other words, if you find a new virus, what is the first thing to determine?   A. Is this a DNA or an RNA virus?   B. Does it cause blue snotty nosed fever?   C. does it have a vector

Q: The RNA polymerase transcribes the virus’s RNA, making more RNA copies that are translated into…

A: Virus life cycle Most viruses replicate via RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and generate new particles…

Q: How is a provirus related to disease symptoms?         A-the provirus continually lyses cells,…

A: A virus, an unseen microorganism, infiltrates our body. It infiltrates our tissues and then…

Q: Explain  how viruses are constructed. How do they work? Can we fine virus fossils? ( How do we…

A: INTRODUCTION Virus Viruses are the smallest unicellular organisms that are obligate intracellular.…

Q: What is an exception to the central dogma of molecular biology? a. Viruses sometimes transfer…

A: The central dogma of molecular biology is that,  DNA gets converted into a mRNA by the process of…

Q: 1. "List three properties of a virus that might be used as criteria for classification (taxonomy)

A: Virus is a obligate intracellular parasites which requires living host to survive.

Q: Students are debating about differences between viruses and cells. Which student’s argument is MOST…

A: Viruses are the connecting link between living and nonliving kingdom. So they are not regarded as…

Q: According to origin-of-life scenarios proposed by William Martin, Michael Russell, and Theodor…

A: Genetic molecules are the biomolecules that represent the genetic material of the organisms. The…

Q: A virus is isolated, and individual virions appear spherical. What type of virus is this? A.…

A: The essential construction or structure of a virus is comprised of a hereditary information molecule…

Q: Why do you think washing hands with soap and water can help fight against coronavirus?(hint Think…

A: Coronaviruses are a category of RNA viruses associated with birds and mammals that cause infections.…

Q: a. What characteristics of viruses could be used to describe them aslife forms?b. What makes them…

A: A microorganism is a microscopic organism, which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony…

Q: What do you think is the reason why this virus undergoes mutation?

A: A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only within an organism's live cells.…

Q: Student J and K were arguing about viruses and bacteria. Student K said that it would be easy to…

A: virus and obligate parasites which needs a living host to survive and bacteria are prokaryotic cells…

Q: Viruses are acellular because a. they are biological entities that do not have a cellular…

A: Viruses cause a variety of diseases and lies between living and non-living boundaries. The simplest…

Q: Why can’t RNA viruses have a big genome?    Why do RNA viruses have a high mutation rate?

A: Normally small RNA virus genomes sizes varies (2 to 32 kb) has been seen to found very high rates of…

Q: Which of the following is not true of viruses? O A. They have a prokaryotic cell structure B. They…

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Q: a. What characteristics of viruses could be used to characterize them as lifeforms?b. What makes…

A: Viruses: These are submicroscopic and non cellular infectious agent that replicate only inside the…

Q: Can viruses adapt by natural selection?

A: Virus is defined as a submicroscopic infectious parasite that resides inside a living cell. It has a…

Q: Is a Virus considered living or non-living? Justify your answer and Give one example of a virus

A: Introduction  Virus are not cells as they do not contain any cellular components. They consist only…

Q: Which of the following descriptions correctly identifies a main structural difference between…

A: Viruses are generally considered as borderline of life as they has non-living nature outside a…

Q: Imagine you are a virus flying around Brooklyn and you are looking to infect people sitting at the…

A: I am a free-flying virus finding my target outside of a restaurant in Brooklyn. First, let me…

Q: According to their genome structure, the following viruses are correctly classified EXCEPT? a.…

A: Viruses are the obligate parasites. They are found to be of non living nature outside the host.

Q: Which was the first cell ? Your choices are: a virus, a plant cell or animal cell? Remember to…

A: Living beings, be it plants or animals, are made up of cells. Cells are the fundamental units of…

Q: Which of the following happens to the viral nucleic acid during a lysogenic cycle cycle? a-the viral…

A: In case of lysogeny , viral DNA ingrated into host's DNS. That means integration of…

Q: Which of the following can be used to grow and study viruses?   A. embryonated eggs   B. living…

A: Virus are infectious particles having nucleic acid [DNA or RNA] surrounded by a protein coat. They…

Q: Viruses are not considered to be alive because: (choose all that apply) A. They do not grow B.…

A: Option-B is correct.They cannot reproduce on their own. Viruses are considered as living as well as…

Q: Can viruses evolve?

A: Viruses are small, obligate, intracellular particles that lack the machinery to generate energy for…

Q: There is a big debate if viruses are alive or not. Either way, look at the list below and pick out…

A: The term virus was introduced by Edward Jenner in the year 1798, which means poison in the Greek…

Q: Propose an explanation for why during the history of the discovery of viruses they were first called…

A: following is discussion regarding history of viruses and why they were initially labelled as…

Q: A (+) Sense virus makes a negative sense copy of its genome. Part of the (+) Sense genome has the…

A: A virus is classified as a DNA virus or an RNA virus depending on whether it possesses DNA or RNA…

Q: Is it possible to practice gene drive in viruses? Write a thorough investigation regarding this…

A: A gene drive is a natural process however the use of technology as that of genetic engineering…

Q: Two students were debating whether viruses are living or nonliving. Student A: Viruses are living…

A: Viruses are obligate intracellular parasite. They are considered non-living entities which can able…

Q: viruses and human health is false? a- in many diseases caused by viruses, the virus attacks cells as…

A: Introduction: A virus is a little group of genetic material, either DNA or RNA, encased in a protein…

Q: acteriophages and animal viruses do NOT differ significantly in which one of the following steps ?…

A: Bacteriophages are viruses that attack only bacteria whereas animal viruses are viruses that attach…

Q: Are viruses considered alive? Can we really killed them?

A: Viruses are non cellular particles which are considered to be on the border of between living and…

Q: a.Where could we find viruses? Explain.   b.How are viruses structurally formed? Explain.

A: The virus is an infectious agent which replicates inside the host cell using the host machinery.…

Q: what are the key contributors to and consequences of viral genome evolution, and why do RNA viruses…

A: Viruses are a diverse, omnipresent, and small infectious agent. They adapt rapidly and replicates…

Q: Which of the following does NOT inititiate DNA synthesis ? (correct answer e) a. a single-stranded…

A: Deoxy ribo nucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material of most organisms and it contains coded…

Q: Which of the following does NOT inititiate DNA synthesis?   a. a single-stranded DNA virus.  b. a…

A: The viruses can be classified into 3 classes based on the type of genetic material they carry. They…

Q: If you were to argue that viruses are living organisms, what features of viral structure and…

A: INTRODUCTION Viruses It is a small submicroscopic organism replicate only in a host. Virus always…

Q: A virus that has which type of genome must carry replicase within the viral particle? (choose all…

A: RNA-dependent RNA polymerase  or RNA replicase is an enzyme that catalyzes the replication  of RNA…

Q: The life cycle of which of these viruses depends on reverse transcriptase? A)HPV, a DNA virus…

A: To find  The life cycle of which of these viruses depends on reverse transcriptase

Q: HIV is a retrovirus what does this mean? A. That is a DNA virus and it must make RNA before it can…

A: Answer is option  B.) That it is an RNA virus and must convert its genetic material to DNA once…

Q: Why are viruses not considered to be alive?

A: Every species or organism have certain characteristics which classify them as living or non - living

Q: What is the importance of making a hypothetical virus

A: Virus It is a submicroscopic organism. It is an cellular pathogen that causes infections in all…

Q: Which of the following viral components must get into a cell's cytoplasm in order for the virus to…

A: A and C.