Metagenomics

question 1 of 1 course: Biomedical Science(Degree)
question 1 of 1 course: Biomedical Science(Degree)

Q: The term 'metagenomics' refers to the study of the collective genome of all microorganisms in a particular environment, like soil or the human gut.

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True. RNA viruses have higher mutation rates because their RNA-dependent RNA polymerases lack proofreading ability, leading to more errors during replication compared to DNA viruses, which use host or viral DNA polymerases with proofreading.

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