Question

Animal viruses areA. tadpole shaped
B. rod shapedC. polyhedral shaped
D. any of these

Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is option D. Any of these.

The Animal RNA viruses can have any of these shapes. Generally they are found in polyhedral shapes but there are other viruses with hellical and rod shaped too.

The polyhedral shapes virus contains nucleic acid which is surrounded by a polyhedral shaped shell of protein coating known as caspid.

The hellical ones contain a cylinder of nucleic acid surrounded by a shell in hellical form.