Many biologists debate how a virus should be classified. In 2008, scientists in France discovered that a virus was capable of infecting another virus. Which theory might be supported by this information?

A virus that infects another virus shows an interaction associated with living organisms, which can support the theory that viruses are living. This discovery does not show that viruses reproduce sexually or make their own proteins; viruses generally rely on host cells for those processes.

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