Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the virosoids?

  1. Virusoids are circular single-stranded DNAs.

  2. Virusoids are similar to viroids in size.

  3. Virusoids are not considered as viruses.

  4. Virosoids depend on helper viruses.

  5. The term virusoid is also sometimes used more generally to refer to all satellites.
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Explanation

Virusoids are circular single-stranded RNAs dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.[1] The genome of virusoids consist of several hundred nucleotides and does not code for any proteins

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