Bacteriophages are a type of virus that infects bacteria. Scientists have started to use these bacteriophages to move genetic information from one bacterium to another. Which characteristic of a virus is an advantage and why?

A
The ability to integrate its own DNA into the host’s DNA makes it possible to transfer the integrated DNA to another organism.
B
The ability to utilize the hosts’ protein synthesis machinery where copies of synthesized proteins remain stored.
C
The ability to only infect a limited range of hosts helps to transfer genetic material more efficiently.
D
The ability to assemble itself inside the host cell makes the transfer more efficient and independent.

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Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu proteins are