Viruses replicate to produce more copies of themselves and spread to new host cells or individuals. This replication process is crucial for the survival and propagation of viruses in their environment.
Viruses are difficult to cure because they invade host cells to replicate, making it challenging to target them without harming the host cells. Additionally, viruses can mutate quickly, leading to the development of resistance against treatments. This complexity makes it challenging to develop a universal cure for all viruses.
Viruses do not produce waste because they lack metabolic processes to generate waste products. Viruses are not considered living organisms and depend on host cells to replicate and multiply.
Viruses cannot maintain homeostasis on their own as they rely on host cells to replicate. Once inside a host cell, they hijack the cell's machinery to replicate and produce more viral particles, often causing disruption to the cell's normal functions and homeostasis.
The closest answer is parasitic since certain viruses harm the host cell in order to replicate and survive (not all viruses do, though). Chemosynthetic and photosynthetic would imply that viruses themselves contain the necessary biological machinery to carry out cellular functions, which they don't.
No
viruses replicate inside respiratory cells.
Inside a host cell.
Viruses
Two types of viruses are DNA viruses, which have genetic material made of DNA, and RNA viruses, which have genetic material made of RNA. DNA viruses typically replicate in the host cell's nucleus, while RNA viruses typically replicate in the host cell's cytoplasm.
It depends on the nature of its genome
A worm is a program designed to replicate.
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
Viruses must infect a host cell in order to replicate. Once inside the host cell, the virus can hijack the cell's machinery to produce new viral particles. Without a host cell, viruses are unable to replicate.
Viruses are intracellular because they need to hijack the cellular machinery of a host cell in order to replicate and produce more virus particles. They cannot replicate on their own and rely on host cells to multiply. Once inside a cell, a virus releases its genetic material and uses the host cell's resources to replicate.
Viruses are unable to replicate on their own and require a host cell to do so. Once inside a host cell, a virus hijacks the cell's machinery to produce more copies of itself.
Viruses do not have cells or any of the mechanisms to replicate any of their components. Because of this, the virus must hijack the mechanisms of a living cell in order to make copies of itself.