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book Biology 2nd Edition by Robert Brooker, Eric Widmaier ,Linda Graham ,Peter Stiling cover

Biology 2nd Edition by Robert Brooker, Eric Widmaier ,Linda Graham ,Peter Stiling

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0073532219
book Biology 2nd Edition by Robert Brooker, Eric Widmaier ,Linda Graham ,Peter Stiling cover

Biology 2nd Edition by Robert Brooker, Eric Widmaier ,Linda Graham ,Peter Stiling

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0073532219
Exercise 4
HIV, a retrovirus, has a high mutation rate because
A) the DNA of its genome is less stable than other viral genomes.
B) the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase has a high likelihood of making replication errors.
C) the viral genome is altered every time it is incorporated into the host genome.
D) antibodies produced by the host cell mutate the viral genome when infection occurs.
E) all of the above.
Explanation
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