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Biotechnology and Its Applications
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The genetic material in tobacco mosaic virus is

  • ss DNA

  • ss RNA

  • ds RNA

  • ds DNA

Answer

B.

ss RNA

Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus, that infects a wide range of plants. It contains single stranded RNA (ss RNA) as genetic material.

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