• Question: Is it possible for a virus to have a virus?

    Asked by anon-225180 to Paul on 21 Nov 2019.
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      Paul Laurance-Young answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      That is a very good question! I don’t think so – a virus typically doesn’t have all the machinery required for successful DNA/RNA copying (integration and transcription), never mind to make the proteins for it’s coat (translation).

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