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(C) The defining characteristic of living organisms is the ability to reproduce or replicate their genetic material. Viruses are considered to be at t

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Duplicate themselves

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(C) The defining characteristic of living organisms is the ability to reproduce or replicate their genetic material. Viruses are considered to be at the border of living and non-living because they are inert outside a host cell but become active and replicate (duplicate themselves) once they enter a living host cell. Therefore, the ability to duplicate themselves is the strongest evidence for their biological activity.

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$P$	$I$. Tobacco Mosaic Virus
$Q$	$II$. Bacteriophage
$R$	$III$. Adenovirus

The best supporting fact that "Viruses are living" is that viruses

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