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#Question id: 11710

Why is the filamentous morphology of the water molds considered a case of convergent evolution with the hyphae (threads) of fungi?

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. Fungi are closely related to the water molds.
  2. Body shape reflects ancestor-descendant relationships among organisms.

  3. In both cases, filamentous shape is an adaptation for the absorptive nutritional mode of a decomposer.

  4. Filamentous body shape is evolutionarily ancestral for all eukaryotes
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#Question id: 34081

#XL - S Microbiology

Which of the following are true about the peptidoglycan layer in bacterial cell walls?
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#Question id: 1733

#XL - Q Biochemistry

The early increase in phospholipase Cγ1 activity following T-cell stimulation:
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#Question id: 4617

#XL - S Microbiology

Which of the following is not an observation or inference on which natural selection is based?
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#Question id: 20158

#XL - P Chemistry

In a set of degenerate orbitals the electrons distribute themselves to retain similar spins as far as possible. This statement is attributed to
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#Question id: 4957

#XL - S Microbiology

How many half-lives should have elapsed if 6.25% of the parent isotope remains in a fossil at the time of analysis?