• Question: What is the reason behind a virus starting?

    Asked by anon-342499 to Sharon on 22 Nov 2022.
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      Sharon Madzorera answered on 22 Nov 2022:

      It is believed that viruses may have evolved from mobile genetic elements that gained the ability to move. Another theory is that viruses used to be simple living organisms before they became parasitic.

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