Biology GCSE
Viral structure and reproduction
What Viral structure and reproduction means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Viral structure and reproduction
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Viruses are not cells but tiny particles that have no cell wall, no bacterial ribosomes and no other bacterial structures, and they reproduce only inside host cells.
Topics that use Viral structure and reproduction
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