Viroids have:

Question

Viroids have: (A) single stranded RNA not enclosed by protein coat (B) single stranded DNA not enclosed by protein coat (C) double stranded DNA enclosed by protein coat (D) double stranded RNA enclosed by protein coat

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

Q. Viroids have:

single stranded RNA not enclosed by protein coat

single stranded DNA not enclosed by protein coat

double stranded DNA enclosed by protein coat

double stranded RNA enclosed by protein coat

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