Why Do RNA Viruses Tend to Have Unusually High Rates

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Multiple Choice

Why do RNA viruses tend to have unusually high rates of mutation?

• A)RNA nucleotides are more unstable than DNA nucleotides.
• B)Replication of their genomes does not involve correcting errors in genome replication.
• C)RNA viruses replicate faster.
• D)RNA viruses can incorporate a variety of nonstandard bases.

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