Possible Replication Mechanisms for Phage RNA in Offspring

[coookiemonste]

Homework Statement

Consider the genome of an RNA phage where only one strand of RNA is packaged into the phage. How can this phage produce many offspring that all have the same strand of RNA?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

mitosis?

 

[epenguin]

That's just a word, you are asked for a mechanism.

How does any other replication happen? What other replication-like processes do you know for RNA? Or DNA?

I think you are only asked to propose some possibilities, which is slightly easier than finding out what actually happens but prepares the mind for it.