Question

how is a retrovirus different from a regular virus? (1 point)
retroviruses infect their host but need to wait for a specific trigger to wake up. then the infected cell begins to create the retrovirus, causing a significant delay or a long period of symptoms.
retroviruses are viruses we thought we had cured, but have come back in a new, similar, or look - alike virus.
retroviruses use rna to create cells with their reproductive information in its dna, instead of using dna or their genetic code to make rna to construct proteins.
retroviruses are any virus that has persisted with a semi - stable genome for 10 years

Explanation:

Retroviruses have a unique replication process. Regular viruses typically use DNA as their genetic material (or directly use RNA in some cases but not in the reverse - transcription way of retroviruses). Retroviruses, on the other hand, use RNA as their genetic material. They first use the enzyme reverse transcriptase to convert their RNA genome into DNA. This DNA is then integrated into the host cell's DNA. So, the key difference is in their genetic information flow (from RNA to DNA in retroviruses, which is a reversal of the central dogma in a sense compared to many regular viruses).

Answer:

Retroviruses use RNA to create cells with their reproductive information in its DNA, instead of using DNA as their genetic code to make RNA to construct proteins.