One Popular Hypothesis for the Origin of Viruses Is That

question 113

Multiple Choice

One popular hypothesis for the origin of viruses is that they evolved

• A) only once in evolutionary history.
• B) from escaped genomic components.
• C) from reduced cytoplasmic organelles.
• D) twice in evolutionary history.
• E) from bacterial conjugation.

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