While studying the infection process and life cycle of a newly discovered virus, it was determined that the virus never entered the nucleus of the host cell.This virus may have any of the following genomes except
A)DNA.
B)double-stranded RNA.
C)single (+) strand RNA.
D)single (-) strand RNA.

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Since the virus never enters the nucleus of the host cell, it cannot have a DNA genome as DNA must enter the nucleus to be transcribed into RNA. The other choices, B) double-stranded RNA, C) single (+) strand RNA, and D) single (-) strand RNA, can all be replicated and transcribed in the cytoplasm without entering the nucleus. Therefore, these genomes are still possible options for this virus.

While Studying the Infection Process and Life Cycle of a Newly