good reason that SARS-CoV-2 is not as prone to mutation as Influenza A is that: its RNA is double stranded. it relies on host RNA polymerase to copy its chromosome. it has several short chromosomes. it has a host provided envelope

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One good reason that SARS-CoV-2 is not as prone to mutation as Influenza A is that:

  1. its RNA is double stranded.
  2. it relies on host RNA polymerase to copy its chromosome.
  3. it has several short chromosomes.
  4. it has a host provided envelope.
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SARS-COV2 is the strain of corona virus that causes disease covid-19, the respiratory illness responsible for the covid -19 pandemic. SARS-COV2 is a Baltimore class IV positive-sense single -stranded RNA virus, that is contagious in humans.It is beleived to have zoonotic origins and has close genetic similarity to bat coronaviruses., suggesting it emerged from a bat-borne virus.

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