Bacteria use __________________ to make their DNA, the process where new DNA molecules are made of one parent DNA strand and one new DNA strand.

Which of the following is NOT a type of gene?

Name a naked icosahedral virus.

A new virus was found to infect Spirogyra.  Should we be concerned about being infected by this virus?  

This A-T rich site on DNA is where unwinding begins for DNA replication.

___________________________ are examples of oncoviruses, mammalian viruses that can cause cancer.

According to the CNN article, what is one symptom that is seen in some COVID patients and not flu patients? 

These proteins are found on the outsides of viruses that bind to the host cell membranes.

This enzyme adds RNA nucleotides to a growing RNA strand during transcription.

There are strains of Clostridium botulinum (the bacterium we learned about in the Chapter 8 case study) that do not cause botulism.  Why?