Which of the following statements is consistent with the assertion that protists are paraphyletic?

a. Protists all share a common set of synapomorphies

b. Protists are all having more primitive characteristics than land plants and animals

c. Multiple protist lineages evolved into complex eukaryotic groups (e. g. animals, plants, fungi)

d. Protists do not share a single common ancestor

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Biology

James Willis

26 July, 00:25

Which of the following statements is consistent with the assertion that protists are paraphyletic?

a. Protists all share a common set of synapomorphies

b. Protists are all having more primitive characteristics than land plants and animals

c. Multiple protist lineages evolved into complex eukaryotic groups (e. g. animals, plants, fungi)

d. Protists do not share a single common ancestor

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Miles Higgins · Answer 1

C. Multiple protist lineages evolved into complex eukaryotic groups (e. g. animals, plants, fungi).

Explanation:

Protists are paraphyletic because multiple protist lineages evolved into complex eukaryotic groups (e. g. animals, plants, fungi)