Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the Hypothesis for How

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the hypothesis for how the human SARS virus came into being?

• A) Two different species of bats bit a Chinese farmer.
• B) Different viral strains repeatedly jumped from infected bats to humans.
• C) The virus tracked the evolution of humans over thousands of years.
• D) Two strains of the virus in one bat mixed their genes through recombination.

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