1. Like living things, viruses have genetic material and 2. viruses can evolve.
- Viruses share many genes with their host cells. Viruses are dependent on living organisms, which lead to some living characteristics - they can reproduce/replicate in living host cells, mutate, appear in different strains, and have unique genetic material. However, viruses are classified as not living things because they can’t carry out the necessary processes that meet all requirements for the classification of a living thing. They do NOT undergo respiration and cannot generate energy needed to survive on its own, but viruses *do* share a few features with living things.
Natural selection leads to evolution because the strongest survive and pass on their genes
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>The two major processes by which bacterial populations produce genetic diversity are gene transfer and mutation.</em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
Gene transfer in bacteria occurs through conjugation. In the process of conjugation, the plasmid gets transferred from bacteria to another. Mitosis leads to the formation of two identical individuals.
In this process, the chromosome and the DNA content of the daughter cell remains the same as the mother cell. Bacteria also divides by the process of binary fission.
The answer is carbon, hoped this helps you!
As a cell grows, its volume increases more than its surface area so the answer is C
