Biology 12th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 20 - Viruses, Bacteria, and Archaea - Assess - Page 371: 3

Answer

b. membrane

Work Step by Step

Most enveloped animal viruses acquire their envelope from the plasma membrane of the host cell, but some take envelopes from other membranes, such as the nuclear envelope or Golgi apparatus. Therefore, the correct answer would be that the envelope of an animal virus is derived from the membrane of its host cell.
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