Tobacco mosaic virus has rna rather than dna as its genetic material. in a hypothetical situation where rna from a tobacco mosaic virus is mixed with proteins from a related dna virus, the result could be a hybrid virus. if that virus were to infect a cell and reproduce, what would the resulting "offspring" viruses be like?

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Mia Salas

15 October, 02:34

Tobacco mosaic virus has rna rather than dna as its genetic material. in a hypothetical situation where rna from a tobacco mosaic virus is mixed with proteins from a related dna virus, the result could be a hybrid virus. if that virus were to infect a cell and reproduce, what would the resulting "offspring" viruses be like?

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Ashly Mcgee · Answer 1

The virus is likely to be a Tobacco mosaic virus. The tobacco mosaic virus is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus that affect a wide range of plant especially tobacco and other member of solanaceae family. The infected plant shows characteristic such as discoloration of the leaves