You Have Isolated the Genome from a Novel Virus and Would

question 11

Multiple Choice

You have isolated the genome from a novel virus and would like to determine its composition.You have three tubes,each containing one of these substances: 1. a protein that degrades dsDNA (DNase,tube 1)
2) a protein that degrades ssRNA (RNase,tube 2)
3) a protease that degrades viral proteins (tube 3)
You add some of your novel genome to tubes 1,2,and 3.The genome is degraded in tube 2,but not in tube 1 or tube 3.Based on your knowledge of genome types that have been found in viruses,what could the genome's composition be?

• A)dsDNA
• B)ssDNA
• C)ssRNA
• D)protein
• E)None of the above seem likely.

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Definitions:

Sample Space

The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment.

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Sample Space

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