Which of the following characteristics of genetic material accounts for the need to get a flu vaccine every year, but a polio vaccine once in a life time?

A. transmission
B. variation
C. information
D. replication and transmission
E. replication


Answer: B

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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