why is virus an exception to cell theory
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Because it is non living until it enters a living body and then starts to live by multiplying itself.
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Originally Answered: Why is the virus an exception to cell theory?
It is not an exception.
Unified Cell Theory basically states that all living organisms are composed of cells.
Viruses do not contradict this theory because viruses are not living things. Viruses are composed of many molecules that include nucleic acids and basic proteins, carbohydrates and lipids but they do not have that basic structures of a cell that would include a cell wall/membrane, nucleus and other organelles. They also can’t reproduce or do other cellular processes such as protein production, etc which are basic characteristics of living organisms.
Viruses must enter a living cell in order that new viruses are reproduced by the cell. They enter the cell membrane and then co-opt the cellular processes. The cell then produces multiples of the virus.
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It is not an exception.
Unified Cell Theory basically states that all living organisms are composed of cells.
Viruses do not contradict this theory because viruses are not living things. Viruses are composed of many molecules that include nucleic acids and basic proteins, carbohydrates and lipids but they do not have that basic structures of a cell that would include a cell wall/membrane, nucleus and other organelles. They also can’t reproduce or do other cellular processes such as protein production, etc which are basic characteristics of living organisms.
Viruses must enter a living cell in order that new viruses are reproduced by the cell. They enter the cell membrane and then co-opt the cellular processes. The cell then produces multiples of the virus.
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