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Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

The research team, which is made up of scientists from several universities, discovered a new species of butterfly in the Amazon rainforest. The scientists named the species *Amazonia elegans*.

Which choice provides the best way to combine the sentences above into a single sentence with correct punctuation?

A
The research team, which is made up of scientists from several universities, discovered a new species of butterfly in the Amazon rainforest; the scientists named the species *Amazonia elegans*.
B
The research team, which is made up of scientists from several universities, discovered a new species of butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, the scientists named the species *Amazonia elegans*.
C
The research team, which is made up of scientists from several universities, discovered a new species of butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, and the scientists named the species *Amazonia elegans*.
D
The research team, which is made up of scientists from several universities, discovered a new species of butterfly in the Amazon rainforest and the scientists named the species *Amazonia elegans*.

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