Which Statement Best Describes Our Current Understanding of Protist Evolution

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes our current understanding of protist evolution?

• A)Protists evolved from the Archaea while other eukaryotes did not.
• B)Protists evolved from multicellular eukaryotes.
• C)Protists evolved from separate branches off the early eukaryotic line.
• D)Protists evolved from eukaryotic parasites.

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Definitions:

Factorial ANOVA

A statistical test used to determine if there are any significant differences between the means of three or more unrelated groups, considering multiple independent variables.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment that are manipulated or changed to observe their effect on dependent variables.

Main Effect

The direct influence of an independent variable on a dependent variable in the context of a statistical analysis.

Obtained Value

The actual value of the test statistic computed from sample data during hypothesis testing.