Drawing on Your Knowledge of Evolution, Why Is Treatment And/or

question 24

Multiple Choice

Drawing on your knowledge of evolution, why is treatment and/or vaccination against viruses particularly difficult?

• A) Their high replication rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations.
• B) Their high mutation rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations.
• C) Viral reassortment increases the pathogenicity of viruses.
• D) Their high replication rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations and their high mutation rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations.
• E) Their high replication rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations, their high mutation rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations, and viral reassortment increases the pathogenicity of viruses.

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