Evolution of Viruses

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Across
  1. 5. Hypothesis that viruses originated from genetic elements that developed the ability to escape one cell and enter another
  2. 6. Tiny organisms that can infect animal and plant hosts
Down
  1. 1. Virus responsible for the recent pandemic
  2. 2. Hypothesis that viruses evolved first or coevolved alongside their current cellular hosts
  3. 3. Hypothesis that viruses evolved from complex, free-living cellular organisms
  4. 4. Virus that completes its lifecycle in approximately 52 hours