Common genetic material of bacteriophage is

R N A

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D N A

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R N A

D N A

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D N A

and

m R N A

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Solution

The correct option is D $R N A$ or $D N A$
Like all viruses, phages are simple organisms that consist of a core of genetic material (nucleic acid) surrounded by a protein capsid.
The nucleic acid may be either DNA or RNA and may be double-stranded or single-stranded.
thus, option C is correct.

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