Question

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$\longrightarrow$ what are viroids ?¿​

Answer 1

an infectious entity affecting plants, smaller than a virus and consisting only of nucleic acid without a protein coat.

Answer 2

ᴠɪʀᴏɪᴅs ᴀʀᴇ sɪɴɢʟᴇ-sᴛʀᴀɴᴅᴇᴅ, ᴄɪʀᴄᴜʟᴀʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏɴᴄᴏᴅɪɴɢ ʀɴᴀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs.

• ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴜᴄʟᴇᴜs ᴏʀ ᴄʜʟᴏʀᴏᴘʟᴀsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʀᴀғғɪᴄ ᴄᴇʟʟ-ᴛᴏ-ᴄᴇʟʟ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴘʟᴀsᴍᴏᴅᴇsᴍᴀᴛᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴅɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜʟᴏᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴇsᴛᴀʙʟɪsʜ sʏsᴛᴇᴍɪᴄ ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.