Viruses Review Questions

1.  Describe the lytic cycle of viral infection of bacteria. [answer]

2.  Describe the lysogenic cycle of viral infection of bacteria. [answer]

3.  Describe characteristics of viruses that are not characteristic of living organisms.. Describe characteristics of viruses that are also characteristic of living organisms.. [answer]

4.  Describe the structure of a virus. [answer]

5. What is the name given to a gene that causes cancer? Do viruses carry these genes? [answer]

6.  What kind of viruses frequently cause cancer in animals? [answer]

7. State the function of the spikes on the surface membrane that surrounds some viruses. [answer]

8. What is a retrovirus? [answer]

 

 

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