Which Protozoan Is Used to Test Hypotheses of How Multicellular

question 69

Multiple Choice

Which protozoan is used to test hypotheses of how multicellular organisms arose from their closest unicellular relatives?

• A)microsporidians
• B)choanoflagellates
• C)opalinids
• D)retortamonads
• E)kinetoplastans

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