After infecting a cell, how does a virus replicate?
AThrough host machinery
BBy binary fission
CBy producing spores
DBy photosynthesis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Through host machinery
A virus lacks its own machinery and hijacks that of the host cell to make copies.
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