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State any one reason to explain why RNA viruses mutate and evolve faster than other viruses

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RNA viruses mutate and evolve faster than other viruses because RNA is more reactive and unstable. Its unstable nature is because of presence of 2'-OH group of ribose sugar, uracil and enzymatic properties of RNA
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