Refer to the Diagram Below Showing the Evolutionary Tree of Life

question 223

Multiple Choice

Refer to the diagram below showing the evolutionary tree of life. According to the relationships indicated by this phylogeny, which statement is true?

• A) Animals are equally related to plants and fungi.
• B) Animals are more closely related to fungi than they are to plants or any protists.
• C) Fungi evolved more recently than did plants.
• D) Most eukaryotes are protists.
• E) Plants evolved more recently than did archaea.

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Definitions:

DNA Replication

The process by which a double-stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce two identical DNA molecules.

Histone

Type of protein that associates with DNA and structurally organizes eukaryotic chromosomes.

Nucleosome

Unit of chromosomal organization: a length of DNA wound twice around histone proteins.

Histone Proteins

Proteins that package and order DNA into structural units called nucleosomes, playing a role in gene regulation.