Practice mode Acellular Life (Viruses)

HIV is placed in the retrovirus group because it ____.

Correct answer D. copies its RNA genome into DNA using reverse transcriptase

Explanation

Retroviruses reverse the usual flow of genetic information: viral RNA is used as a template to make DNA, which then integrates into the host genome.

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