Question

During the infection cycle for a typical retrovirus, such as HIV, which uses RNA as genetic material, the genetic variation in the resulting population of new virus particles is very high because of ________.A. damage to the virus particle from envelop loss.

B. errors introduce in the DNA molecule through reverse transcription.
C. errors in the protein molecules produced in translation.
D. recombination of the genomes of free virus particles.

Answer 1

Option (B) is Right Answer

Step-by-step explanation:

(B) errors introduce in the DNA molecule through reverse transcription.

• The HIV RNA and different enzymes, including integrase, protease,ribonuclease,and reverse transcriptase are inserted into the cell
• The viral contamination and genetic variation can introduce genetic variation into the hosts
• Creates hereditary variation by means of different mechanisms
• Viruses replicate by means of a segment get together model permitting one viruses to deliver numerous offspring all the while through the lytic cycle
• HIV releases and uses invert transcriptase (a HIV chemical) to change over its hereditary material HIV RNA into HIV DNA
• The transformation of HIV RNA to HIV DNA permits HIV to enter the CD4 cell core and consolidate with the cell's hereditary material cell DNA