Question

A student is talking with another student about getting the influenza vaccine as the summer is turning into fall and the weather is beginning to change. The other student asks why they are getting the influenza vaccine or flu shot if they already got it last fall. Evaluate which response(s) would illustrate the concept of how influenza is impacted by natural selection, requiring multiple influenza vaccines, or flu shots. Select ALL that apply.A)Influenza viruses mutate quickly, resulting in new viral phenotypes year after year.B)Influenza viruses that are not eradicated by a flu shot can pass on their genome to future replicated viral particles.C)Flu shots wear off after one year, so booster shots are needed to increase their effectiveness in protecting against the virus.D)Influenza viruses incorporate portions of their host genomes into their viral DNA, making the original flu shot less effective.EliminateE)Influenza viruses that survive after one flu season cause significant genetic changes to the infected host, requiring an additional flu shot.

Answer 1

The correct response that would illustrate the concept of how influenza is impacted by natural selection, requiring multiple influenza vaccines would be option B. That is, influenza viruses that are not eradicated by a flu shot can pass on their genome to future replicated viral particles.

According to natural selection theory by Darwin, members of a population that are poorly adapted to an environment gradually die off the population, while those that are strong enough produce equally strong offspring that gradually take over the future population.

In other words, influenza viruses that have no inherent attribute to resist the effects of the flu shot will get eradicated while the ones that are able to resist the effects will reproduce and pass on the resistance gene to their offspring. Thus, a new population that is resistant to the flu shot would be formed.

Options A, C, and D have nothing to do with natural selection. Hence, the only correct option is B.

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