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Which of the Following Statements Correctly Describes a Difference Between

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Which of the following statements correctly describes a difference between viruses and prions?


A) Viruses infect many types of cells, whereas prions infect only prokaryotic cells.
B) Viruses have protein capsids surrounding nucleic acids, whereas prions are made only of nucleic acids.
C) Viruses have genomes composed of RNA, whereas prions have genomes composed of DNA.
D) Viruses replicate using its host's DNA replication machinery, whereas prions replicate using host's translation machinery.

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