Question

When discussing the multiplication of viruses, virologists prefer to call the process

replication, rather than reproduction. Why do you think this is so? Would you agree with

virologists that replication is the better term?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Viruses infect all forms of organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi, plants, and animals. Living things grow, metabolize, and reproduce. Viruses replicate, but to do so, they are entirely dependent on their host cells. They do not metabolize or grow, but are assembled in their mature form.

Answer 2

Answer:

the reproduction is defined as a biological process in which an organism gives rise to young ones similar to itself the young one grow mature and in turn produce new offspring.