What did Salvador Luria's research help discover?
Virus replication
New species
New elements
New planets
Answer
Virus replication is the process by which viruses make copies of themselves. Salvador Luria's research helped to discover this process by showing that viruses can only replicate inside living cells. He also showed that viruses can mutate, or change their genetic material, which can lead to new strains of viruses.
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