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Retroviruses do not follow central dogma. Comment.

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Answered by Anonymous
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Retroviruses do not follow central dogma of biology because their genetic material is not DNA. Instead they have RNA that is converted to DNA by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
Answered by Surnia
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The description about central dogma is as follows:

Explanation:

  • The central dogma is a process by which the information is transferred from the genes to the DNA than to the RNA and then finally to the proteins.
  • The retrovirus do not show the central dogma process because it does not consists of DNA as a genetic material.
  • The RNA in retrovirus is first converted into DNA by the enzyme called as reverse transcriptase but central dogma does not take place.

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