Virus? Living or not? If we use the image as an indicator, we might say living because

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2 answers:

AlladinOne [14]2 years ago

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Answer:

There is a hypothesis that viruses are alive because they have genetic material inside them, however there are scientists who disagree because viruses need a host cell to replicate their genetic material. Viruses have internal DNA or RNA surrounded by a structure called capsid.

Because they fully depend on the metabolism of a cell for replication, they are considered non-living.

jeyben [28]2 years ago

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It contains a nucleic acid.

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