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Mention the term used for the group of viruses which show reverse kind of transcription.

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Mention the term used for the group of viruses which show reverse kind of transcription.

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The term used for this group of viruses is retroviruses. These viruses, such as HIV, carry their genetic information in the form of RNA and use the enzyme reverse transcriptase to convert it into DNA once they infect a host cell.

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