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Viruses

Rolling the dice on self-assembly

Viruses are considered to be ‘non-living’, as they cannot carry out all the functions considered to be essential for a living organism. So how do they build themselves and replicate?

This article links to the following topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, SQA and IB Diploma exam specifications:

■ nucleic acids (RNA and DNA)

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