-How Do You Characterize SAR, Excavata, Unikonta, and Archaeplastida

question 19

Multiple Choice

-How do you characterize SAR, Excavata, Unikonta, and Archaeplastida?

• A) They are all protist clades.
• B) They are all nonprotist clades.
• C) They are all eukaryote supergroups.
• D) They are all diatoms.

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Definitions:

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David Haig

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