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Which of the following is a characteristic of the virus?

A

are parasitic

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have no nuclei

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C

can hold either DNA or RNA in their core

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all of these

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Solution

The correct option is D
all of these

Viruses have all of these traits. Since they have no organelles, they are parasitic and require larger cells to reproduce. They don’t even have nuclei and are classified as prokaryotic. Unlike most organisms, viruses can also have either RNA or DNA in their core.

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