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Explain the circular molecule of ssRNA without a capsid?

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1. Viroid is a circular molecule of ssRNA without a capsid and was discovered by T.O. Diener in the year 1971.
2. The RNA of viroid has low molecular weight. Viroids cause citrus exocortis and potato spindle tuber disease in plants.
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