Which Statement Most Strongly Supports the Assertion That Multicellularity Can

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which statement most strongly supports the assertion that multicellularity can evolve relatively easily?

• A) Multicellular brown algae are ubiquitous along the shoreline-evidence that multicellularity was a precursor to emerging on land.
• B) Plasmodial slime molds, an early-diverging group of protists, are multicellular.
• C) There are relatively few multicellular representatives in the protist clade.
• D) Experimental studies have shown that in only a few months, multicellularity can be artificially selected for in some normally unicellular eukaryotic species.
• E) Multicellularity allows for nutrient and gas exchange over a larger surface area.

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