The part of the virus which gives to it the hereditary feature, is

Capsid

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Capsomere

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Nucleic acid

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Nucleotide

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The correct option is C Nucleic acid
Be it virus or any other system heredity information is always carried by nucleic acids. The sequence of nucleotide bases in a molecule of nucleic acid is the genetic or heredity information.

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