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Complete the given passage with appropriate words or phrases.

Virus is a/an (i) parasite which is inert outside the host cell. An inert virus is called (ii) . Three architectural forms are found in viruses : (iii) , (iv) and (v) . A virus is a (vi) and the genetic material is (vii) . In general, viruses that infect plants have (viii) and viruses that infect animals have (ix) . The protein coat is made up of small subunits called (x) that protects the nucleic acids.

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| (i) obligate | (ii) virion |
| (iii) helical | (iv) cuboida |
| (v) binal | (vi) nucleoprotein |
| (vii) infectious | (viii) ssRNA |
| (ix) ssRNA or dsRNA or dsDNA | (x) capsomeres |

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