Please help with #9 and 10!! QUESTION 9 Which of the following statements concer

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Please help with #9 and 10!!

QUESTION 9 Which of the following statements concerning the origin of viruses is false? O The discovery of the Mimivirus forced scientists to rethink their definition of a virus O It is unlikely that all viruses evolved from a common ancestor O The majority of genes found in the genomes of large viruses have niknown function O Viruses are constantly raining down upon Earth, contaminating it and causing disease outbreaks QUESTION 10 is the first representative of the giant aquatic viruses that belong to the Mimiviridae family. Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Cliek Save All Answers to save all answers

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10) mimivirus is the first representative of the giant aquatic viruses. later more giant viruses were known that are pandovirus, the pithovirus and mollivirus. the discovery of giant viruses opposes old definition of virus.

references:

Claverie, J. M., & Abergel, C. (2016). Giant viruses: The difficult breaking of multiple epistemological barriers. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 59, 89-99.

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