Biology · Microbiology
The classification of viruses proposed by David Baltimore is based primarily on which criteria?
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- 1The structural symmetry and shape of the capsid
- 2The specific type of cellular host they infect
- 3The nature of the viral genome and its mechanism of mRNA synthesis✓
- 4The physical size and molecular weight of the virion
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The nature of the viral genome and its mechanism of mRNA synthesis
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