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Molecular Basis Of Inheritance

Question
CBSEENBI12002986

Viroids have

  • ssRNA not enclosed by a protein coat

  • ssDNA not enclosed by a protein coat

  • dsDNA enclosed by a protein coat

  •  dsRNA enclosed by protein coat

Solution

A.

ssRNA not enclosed by a protein coat

Viroids are small, single-stranded, circular RNA molecules not enclosed by a protein coat. They were discovered by TO Diener in 1971. Viroid replication requires host-encoded RNA polymerase.