The Similarity in the Cell-Adhesion Proteins Seen in Many Animal

question 15

True/False

The similarity in the cell-adhesion proteins seen in many animal embryos and the colonial choanoflagellates is most reasonably explained as a shared trait and indicates kinship with that group of protists.

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