Retroviruses do not follow central dogma. Comment. – InterviewSolution

1.	Retroviruses do not follow central dogma. Comment.
Answer» Retroviruses do not follow central dogma of biology (DNA`to`RNA`to`Proein) because their genetic meterial is not DNA. Instead they have RNA that is converted to DNA by the enzyme reverse transcriptese.

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