Examine the Following Evolutionary Tree

question 77

Multiple Choice

Examine the following evolutionary tree. One prediction based on the arrangement of protists in the illustration is that the DNA of the

• A) green algae would share more in common with the plants than with the diplomonads.
• B) ciliates and euglenoids would be more similar to one another than any other protist.
• C) diplomonads would constitute a large percentage of the DNA of all other protists.
• D) plants have a more recent common ancestor with brown algae than with red algae.

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