Multiple choice

A virus is a small infectious agent capable of replicating only inside living cells. Which of the following viruses contains a single linear double-stranded segment of DNA as its genome?

  1. Adenoviruses

  2. Epstein–Barr virus

  3. Poxviruses

  4. Parvovirus

  5. Rotavirus

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Poxviruses viruses can infect both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. The virion is exceptionally large, and carries its genome in a single, linear, double-stranded segment of DNA.