Negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses are thought to have arisen many times independently because
A) the single-stranded RNA viruses are not closely related based on nucleotide sequences.
B) they have diverse capsid morphology.
C) they cause many human diseases including measles, mumps, and rabies.
D) they have only a few genes.
E) there are no known fossils.

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Negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses are not closely related based on nucleotide sequences, indicating that they have arisen independently multiple times.

Negative-Sense Single-Stranded RNA Viruses Are Thought to Have Arisen Many