Which description below describes viruses?acellular, made of protein capsid which protects viral genetic informaion, either DNA or RNA but not boO acelluar, eukaryotes, Domain ArchaeaO cellular, eukaryotes, Domain EukaryaO acellular, prokaryotes, Domain BacteriaQuestion 14Your lab partner wants to know the reasons viruses are not considered cells.You provide all the following reasons EXCEPT you make one mistake.Which statement below is FALSE with regard to why viruses are not considered cells?

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Which description below describes viruses?
acellular, made of protein capsid which protects viral genetic informaion, either DNA or RNA but not bo
O acelluar, eukaryotes, Domain Archaea
O cellular, eukaryotes, Domain Eukarya
O acellular, prokaryotes, Domain Bacteria
Question 14
Your lab partner wants to know the reasons viruses are not considered cells.
You provide all the following reasons EXCEPT you make one mistake.
Which statement below is FALSE with regard to why viruses are not considered cells?

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Eukaryotes are those organisms that are composed of nucleus in cells and nucleus are enclosed in a nuclear envelope.Cells of Eukaryotes are composed of membrane bound organelles like mitochondria and golgi apparatus and chloroplast.

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Viruses are acellular which means they do not have cellular structure.Viruses do not possess the cellular machinery needed for survival.

Viruses are not cells so they do not belong to prokaryotes or Eukaryotes.

Capsid is the protein shell of virus which covers it's genetic material.It is generally composed of subunits of protein known as capsomeres.

Most of viruses are composed of only one kind of nucleic acid:RNA or DNA but not both.

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