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#27379
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11562)
The correct answer choice is (E)
The justification for the correct answer can be found on:
(lines 10-19)
The biologists from line 10 are those who suggest that pathogens can overwhelm a host while still enjoying evolutionary success. This perspective would most be most successfully challenged by correct answer choice (E). If most such pathogens are unable to reproduced in their new hosts, then this destroys the argument of the biologists who claim that replication makes such host incapacitation an evolutionary success for the pathogen. Incorrect answer choices (A) and (D) would both strengthen the author’s argument. Answer choice (B) is irrelevant to the biologists’ argument, as we are discussing those pathogens which do overwhelm or incapacitate their host, and answer choice (C) deals with a different group of pathogens—those which do not overwhelm their hosts, and are thus irrelevant to the strength of the theory presented.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11562)
The correct answer choice is (E)
The justification for the correct answer can be found on:
(lines 10-19)
The biologists from line 10 are those who suggest that pathogens can overwhelm a host while still enjoying evolutionary success. This perspective would most be most successfully challenged by correct answer choice (E). If most such pathogens are unable to reproduced in their new hosts, then this destroys the argument of the biologists who claim that replication makes such host incapacitation an evolutionary success for the pathogen. Incorrect answer choices (A) and (D) would both strengthen the author’s argument. Answer choice (B) is irrelevant to the biologists’ argument, as we are discussing those pathogens which do overwhelm or incapacitate their host, and answer choice (C) deals with a different group of pathogens—those which do not overwhelm their hosts, and are thus irrelevant to the strength of the theory presented.