Foundations in Microbiology 9th Edition by Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess

Exercise 4

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These question can be approached from a number of angles, and in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
a. Given that DNA viruses can actually be carried in the DNA of the host cell's chromosomes, comment on what this phenomenon means in terms of inheritance in the offspring.
b. Discuss the connection between viruses and cancers, giving possible mechanisms for viruses that cause cancer.