Multicellular Organisms Evolved from Three Different Ancestral Lineages: Alveolates, Unikonts

question 69

Multiple Choice

Multicellular organisms evolved from three different ancestral lineages: alveolates, unikonts, and archaeplastids. Of these, fungi and animals evolved from two different lineages of ________, and land plants are ________.

• A)alveolates; unikonts
• B)alveolates; archaeplastids
• C)unikonts; archaeplastids
• D)archaeplastids; unikonts

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