Fungi Produce Many Compounds That Humans Are Able to Use

question 3

Multiple Choice

Fungi produce many compounds that humans are able to use medically. How can you account for these compounds?

• A) Humans used artificial selection to develop fungi that produced specific compounds.
• B) The presence of the compounds in the fungi were accidentally produced and have no function.
• C) The compounds probably provide a benefit to the fungi.
• D) The compounds are produced as a result of sexual reproduction and recombination.

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