VIRUS :-

A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an
organism. It infect all kind of living organisms i-e : Human and animals.

DIFFERENCE B/W DNA VIRUSES AND RNA VIRUSES

HEADINGS DNA VIRUSES RNA VIRUSES

Definition DNA viruses only posses DNA RNA viruses only posses RNA
as their genetic material as their genetic material
Common Type Mostly are double stranded Mostly are single stranded
DNA Viruses RNA Viruses
Genome Size Larger Smaller
Replication Occurs inside the nucleus Occurs in the cytoplasm
Mutation Lower mutation rate Higher mutation rate
Accuracy of replication Show and accurate replication Show and error prone
replication
Other Types DSDNA and SSDNA Viruses DSRNA Viruses, positive sense
SSRNA and negative sense
SSRNA Viruses

Examples Adenoviruses, Herpesviruses, Reoviruses, Picornaviruses,

Poxviruses, Parvoviruses and Togaviruses,
Hepadnaviruses etc Orthomyxoviruses , Ebola
viruses and Retroviruses etc

Presented By : Said Jamil