Question

What is the genetic material of retroviruses?

Answer 1

A retrovirus is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus with a DNA intermediate and, as an obligate parasite, targets a host cell. Once inside the host cell cytoplasm, the virus uses its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern, thus retro (backwards).

Answer 2

Answer:

Unlike the RNA and DNA as the genetic material for viruses, Restroviruses has only RNA as their genetic material