If Researchers Found That Charophyte Algae Lack Certain Traits That

question 35

Multiple Choice

If researchers found that charophyte algae lack certain traits that land plants have, can we conclude that charophytes are not the closest relatives of land plants?

• A)No; we can hypothesize that these traits have just skipped a generation.
• B)No; we can hypothesize that these traits are derived traits of land plants.
• C)Yes; we can hypothesize that if all traits are not found in both groups, then the two groups are distantly related.
• D)Yes; if the traits have been lost during the course of evolution, then the two groups cannot be closely related.

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