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Which of the options is NOT a reason why viruses need host cells?

Which of the options is NOT a reason why viruses need host cells?-example-1

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Viruses have genetic material and a protein capsid but lack the mechanism needed to replicate: they don't have ribosomes, don't have the means to produce ATP, and don't have enough biomolecules by themselves.

This means D is not a reason why they parasite cells, because they DO have DNA or RNA.

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