Complete the passage to describe the genetic code.

Organisms have a code found in nucleic acids that stores and transmits genetic information. This code is called the genetic code. This code is found in a type of nucleic acid called
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When a virus infects a host cell, it uses the cell's machinery to make copies of its own genetic material in a process called replication. finally, during the process of self-assembly, that protein shell and the copies of the virus's genetic material are assembled into new viruses.