Imagine That You Discovered the Following Information These Data Would Support Which of the Following Conclusions?
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question 14

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you discovered the following information:
$$\begin{array} { l l l l } \text { Feature } & \text { Bacteria } & \text { Archaea } & \text { Eukaryotes } \\\text { RNA polymerase } & \text { small, simple } & \text { complex } & \text { complex } \\\text { Introns } & \text { absent } & \text { present } & \text { present } \\\text { Antibiotic sensitivity } & \text { sensitive } & \text { insensitive } & \text { insensitive } \\\text { Membrane Lipids } & \text { C chains unbranched } & \text { C chains branched } & \text { C chains branched }\end{array}$$
These data would support which of the following conclusions?

• A) Eukaryotes share a more recent common ancestor with bacteria than with archaea.
• B) Bacteria are the only one of the three groups that lacks a nucleus.
• C) Archaea are more similar to bacteria than to eukaryotes.
• D) Eukaryotes are more similar to archaea than to bacteria.

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