Which best relates cells and viruses? Viruses grow and reproduce like cells. Cells can infect specific host viruses. RNA is found in cells, but not in viruses. Viruses can infect certain cells.

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9 June, 17:16

Which best relates cells and viruses? Viruses grow and reproduce like cells. Cells can infect specific host viruses. RNA is found in cells, but not in viruses. Viruses can infect certain cells.

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Malik Fuller · Answer 1

The answer is Viruses can infect certain cells.

A virus is an infectious agent that can replicate only inside a host cell. After fusion of the virus with the cell membrane of the host cell, genetic material of virus enters the cell. So, viruses can infect cells.

Through the process of elimination:

- Viruses do not grow and reproduce like cells. They have specific reproduction process inside the cell using cell machinery.

- RNA is found in cells, but RNA is also present in some viruses. Some viruses have RNA as genetic material instead of DNA, and they are called RNA viruses.