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TO Diener (1971) discovered a new infectious agent that was smaller than viruses. Consider the following statements about this infectious agent.
(I) It causes potato spindle tuber disease.
(II) These are infectious RNA particles.
(III) It lacks a protein coat.
(IV) The molecular weight of its RNA is low.
The above statements are assigned to
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B
Viroids are small infectious RNA particles discovered by T.O. Diener. They lack a protein coat and cause diseases like potato spindle tuber.
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