The mRNAs of poxviruses do not undergo splicing.Which of the following explains why?
A) Poxvirus genomes are small and they need to conserve genome space.
B) Poxviruses replicate in the cytoplasm of infected cells.
C) They do not need to regulate gene expression through alternative splicing.
D) They do not encode the proteins that carry out mRNA splicing.
E) Poxvirus mRNAs do not contain exons.
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