For a Newly Evolving Protist, What Would Be the Advantage

question 56

Multiple Choice

For a newly evolving protist, what would be the advantage of using eukaryote-like cell division rather than binary fission?

• A) Binary fission would not allow for the formation of new organisms.
• B) Cell division would allow for the orderly and efficient segregation of multiple linear chromosomes.
• C) Cell division would be faster than binary fission.
• D) Cell division allows for lower rates of error per chromosome replication.
• E) Binary fission would not allow the organism to have complex cells.

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