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In some viruses, DNA is synthesized by using RNA as template. Such a DNA is called:
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In some viruses, like retroviruses (e.g., HIV), an enzyme called reverse transcriptase is used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template. This process is termed reverse transcription.
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