Why Is It Unwise to Try to Relate an Organism's

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why is it unwise to try to relate an organism's complexity with its size or number of cells?

• A) A very large organism may be composed of very few cells or very few cell types.
• B) A single-celled organism, such as a bacterium or a protist, still has to conduct all the complex life functions of a large multicellular organism.
• C) A single-celled organism that is also eukaryotic, such as a yeast, still reproduces mitotically.
• D) A simple organism can have a much larger genome.
• E) A complex organism can have a very small and simple genome.

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