Which of the Following Could Use Reverse Transcriptase to Transcribe

Question

Which of the following could use reverse transcriptase to transcribe its genome?
A)ssRNA
B)dsRNA
C)ssDNA
D)dsDNA
E)both dsDNA and dsRNA

Accepted Answer

Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme primarily used by retroviruses to transcribe their RNA genome into DNA. Therefore, the only option that has an RNA genome is ssRNA, making it the best choice.