If Your Physician Determines That You Are Ill Because of a Virus

Multiple Choice

If your physician determines that you are ill because of a virus infection,the virus is not yet considered an organism.Viruses don't have cell membranes,organelles,nor carry out vital life functions,though they do have a form of DNA (or similar RNA) .A researcher proposing to categorize viruses in the tree of life would need to

A) remember that the scientific method will prevent any changes to the current taxonomy and tree of life.
B) apply his/her proposal to any newly discovered virus, since others aren't currently considered organisms.
C) propose that relationship to other organisms as a new hypothesis, and test viruses for shared life characteristics.
D) establish any virus as a control group for experimentation with established domains of organisms.