During viral R/DNA replication, do viruses take advantage of the cell's ordinary error checking mechanisms?
I think it depends on the virus. Many virus contain their own DNA / RNA polymerases that they use to replicate. Retroviruses for example have reverse transcriptase which synthesizes DNA from RNA, something that is not used by anything else. Not being proofread is what has allowed viruses to thrive, because it causes mutations that host organisms have to adapt to. Notice how there's a new flu shot every year? That's caused by antigenic drift.
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