What Is the Premise of the Progressive Hypothesis of Viral

question 41

Multiple Choice

What is the premise of the progressive hypothesis of viral origin?

• A)Viruses evolved from symbionts of cells.
• B)Viruses evolved from self-replicating nucleic acid segments.
• C)Viruses originated from cells that lost the ability to replicate.
• D)Viruses were present when the first primordial cells evolved.
• E)Viruses arose from fragmented DNA in a cell.

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