NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyBiological ClassificationPractice
The genetic material in the following organism is
Options
- Adouble-stranded DNA.
- Bsingle-stranded DNA.
- Cdouble-stranded RNA.
- Dsingle-stranded RNA.
Correct answer
D. single-stranded RNA.
Step-by-step solution
Viruses are acellular organisms which contain either DNA or RNA as their genetic material. Viruses are not given any place in five kingdom classification since they lack cell. Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) structurally looks like a rod. It causes mosaic disease in tobacco whose genetic material is made up of single stranded coiled RNA molecule.