The controversial viral trait is "they respond to stimuli." While viruses can exhibit behaviors that suggest a form of response to their environment, such as infecting host cells under certain conditions, they do not respond to stimuli in the same way living organisms do. The other traits (possessing a genetic code, reproducing, and evolving) are more clearly aligned with the characteristics of viruses according to many definitions of life.
Question
Which viral trait is controversial?(1 point)
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they possess a genetic code
they possess a genetic code
they respond to stimuli
they respond to stimuli
they reproduce
they reproduce
they evolve
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