Do viruses have a nucleus?
Viruses are a form of life that parasites cells: they consist only of nucleic acid (RNA or DNA) inside a protective particle that assembles inside an infected cell. Therefore they have no nuclei, but in fact can be said to provide a parasitic nucleus inside the cells they infect.
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