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Influenza virus has...

Influenza virus has

A

RNA

B

DNA

C

Neither RNA nor DNA

D

Both DNA and RNA

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The correct Answer is:
A
Like all living things influenza make small errors – mutations when it copies its genetic code during reproduction. But influenza lacks the ability to repair those errors because it is an RNA virus, RNA unlike DNA lacks a self correcting mechanism as a result influenza is not genetically stable.
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