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Many biologists debate how a virus should be classified. In 2008, scientists in France discovered that a virus was capable of infecting another virus. Which theory might be supported by this information?
a virus is living
a virus is nonliving
a virus uses sexual reproduction
a virus makes its own proteins
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a virus is living
Explanation: The 2008 discovery of the virophage "Sputnik," which infects a giant virus (a mimivirus), shows viruses can act as hosts and participate in parasitic interactions and replication-like behavior. That kind of biological interaction supports the view that viruses have life-like properties. The other options are incorrect: it doesn't imply sexual reproduction or that viruses make their own proteins, and it doesn't support the nonliving classification.
Explanation: The 2008 discovery of the virophage "Sputnik," which infects a giant virus (a mimivirus), shows viruses can act as hosts and participate in parasitic interactions and replication-like behavior. That kind of biological interaction supports the view that viruses have life-like properties. The other options are incorrect: it doesn't imply sexual reproduction or that viruses make their own proteins, and it doesn't support the nonliving classification.
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