Protists Are Considered to Represent an Artificial Kingdom Rather Than

question 61

Multiple Choice

Protists are considered to represent an artificial kingdom rather than an evolutionary lineage because

• A) no single clade can combine all the species currently grouped within the kingdom.
• B) both prokaryotic and eukaryotic species have been assigned to the kingdom.
• C) they evolved recently and the members routinely hybridize with one another.
• D) all of the species included within the grouping are believed to have descended from a single common ancestor.

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