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Single Stranded Virus

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Viruses can be classified in some ways, one of them is according to the nucleic acid they have. Viruses can have both DNA and RNA, but never both together. Furthermore, the nucleic acid of viruses can be single-stranded or double-stranded. That is, the genetic material of single-stranded viruses can be either DNA or RNA. Depending on the virus, the nucleic acid can be linear or circular. And in some viruses (like the flu virus), the nucleic acid is segmented.