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What are the three basic characteristics of virus.​

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The three basic characteristics of a virus are:

☞ Virus has a simple structure consists of a genetic material within a protein shell capsid.

☞ Virus cannot reproduce on its own.It needs a genetic material from the host cell to replicate.

☞ Virus exist in dormant state when outside the host cell.

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Answer:They reproduce at a spectacular rate, but only in live host cells. They can be transformed. They are acellular, i.e., they have no cytoplasm or cellular organelles.

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