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Warts result when certain viruses cause skin cells to reproduce at a high rate This rapid reproduction of skin cells is due to the viruses stimulating?
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What are pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce called?
Viruses need living cells for reproduction .
What are reasons viruses are considered non living?
Two very important reasons are growth and reproduction. Viruses do not have a way of converting potential energy, or photonic energy, into useful forms; no metabolism. Viruses can not reproduce on their own and must hijack a cell's reproductive machinery to reproduce themselves.
Are Viruses able to reproduce without using other organisms?
viruses are dormant when they are not inside a living cell. that means they don't have living characteristics when outside a living cell. they only reproduce when they are inside a living cell.
Non-living thing that reproduces?
You may be thinking of viruses. They are not technically living because they are not made of cells, and have none of the interior structure of cells, but they do have DNA or RNA. Viruses high-jack living cells by inserting their own genetic material and forcing the cell to become a virus factory until it bursts and releases the new viruses. Viruses do not reproduce by themselves. They have to take over a living cell to do that in a process called replication.
What is a male virus called?
There are no male and female viruses. Viruses do not reproduce sexually and so do not have gender.
What are properties of viruses?
viruses are non cellular , they have no sexual or asexual reproduction they reproduce by replication
What are pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce called?
Viruses need living cells for reproduction .
Is reproduction a defining feature of life?
not really, bacteria and viruses can also reproduce and by definition they are not 100% alive
Does a virus use sexual reproduction?
Viruses cannot reproduce themselves alone. They inject their DNA into living cells of a host organism. The virus cells use the host cells to develop themselves and leave the cell when ready. Viruses are not living, so they are dependent on a living organism for reproduction.
What life processes can a virus do in a living cell?
Replication of self using materials and energy of the invaded living cell ("reproduction"), along with viral mutations.
How do viruses reproduce compared to bacteria?
Viruses replicate inside body cells, using the host cell to do the work and provide the materials for reproduction. Bacteria reproduce outside body cells and, since, unlike viruses, they are living organisms, bacteria are able to do the work and production of new bacteria without a need for a host.A description of the 'Lytic Cycle', the process that some types of viruses follow in reproduction, is given in the related questions below for more detail of the process of reproduction of some viruses inside body cells.
What is the only life function that viruses share with a cell?
The only life function that a virus shares with a cell is reproduction. Both cells and viruses reproduce in some way.
What are reasons viruses are considered non living?
Two very important reasons are growth and reproduction. Viruses do not have a way of converting potential energy, or photonic energy, into useful forms; no metabolism. Viruses can not reproduce on their own and must hijack a cell's reproductive machinery to reproduce themselves.
What is the difference between reproduction cycles of viruses and reproduction cycles of living things?
Viruses don't have their own metabolism so they simply can't reproduce without a cell. That's why they are obligatory parasites. Living cells, on the other hand, can channel some of their metabolic energy to reproduce themselves, without having to take over something else's metabolism to do so, like viruses invariably have to.
Where does a virus replicate itself?
Viruses do not reproduce since they are not alive but they hijack the host's DNA to make more viruses.
Which is difference between bacteria and viruses that shows that bacteria are living organisms and viruses not?
Bacteria are able to reproduce on their own while viruses need a host to "hijack" so they can reproduce. Bacteria have metabolisms, catabolic and anabolic biochemical reactions going on in their cells all the time. Viruses do not. Bacteria can grow in size to a certain extent while viruses do not change in this regard. The definition of living things classify bacteria as a living thing, while viruses are not.
Are viruses parasitic?
Yes because all the viruses uses host cell mechanisms to reproduce and then at the end of the reproduction process it destroy the host cell.Therefore there is no non-parasitic viruses.All viruses are parasitic.
