The shape of tobacco mosaic virus is _____?

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تمباکو موزیک وائرس کی شکل _____ ہے؟

  1. A. Spiral
  2. B. Spherical
  3. C. Rod shaped
  4. D. None of these

Correct answer

Rod shaped

Explanation

Explanation Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has a rod-like or cylindrical shape. It's essentially a rigid, helical structure with a protein shell (capsid) surrounding a single-stranded RNA molecule The capsid is composed of protein subunits arranged in a helical structure.

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