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An infectious agent associated with potato spindle tuber disease consists of free, low-molecular-weight RNA and lacks a protein coat. What is it?
Explanation
The agent is a viroid. T. O. Diener discovered viroids while studying potato spindle tuber disease. Viroids consist of free RNA of low molecular weight and lack the protein coat present in viruses.
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