The 7 (sometimes 8) characteristics of life are:
1. living things are composed of cells
2. living things have different levels of organization
3. living things metabolize (i.e. use energy)
4. living things respond to their environment
5. living things grow
6. living things reproduce
7. living things adapt to their environment
(some sources include) 8. living things have genetic material
Viruses do not metabolize, they do not grow, they do not adapt to their environment, and they cannot reproduce independently; viruses require host cells to reproduce and perform the other functions that give them the appearance of aliveness.
The answer is Mullerian mimicry.
Mullerian mimicry is a kind of mimicry in which two or more poisonous animals generate identical presences as a shared protective tool. The theory behind this is that if a predator learns to avoid one of the poisonous species, it will also avoid the mimic species as well.
It is a natural process in which two or more often repugnant species, which may or may not be closely associated and share one or more common predators, have started to mimic each other's cautionary signals, for their communal benefit, as predators eventually learn to avoid all of them.
According to science, D would be the correct answer. Hope this helps!
DNA microarrays allow the rapid and simultaneously SCREENING of many thousands of genes.
