Practice mode Acellular Life (Viruses)

Bacteriophage φX174 is unusual because its genome is ____.

Correct answer B. single-stranded DNA

Explanation

Most DNA viruses have double-stranded DNA, but φX174 carries a small circular single-stranded DNA molecule. It is copied into a double-stranded form inside the host.

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