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#Question id: 8781


The following question refers to this phylogenetic tree, depicting the origins of life and the three domains. Horizontal lines indicate instances of gene or genome transfer.


A possible phylogenetic tree for the three domains of life.

Which of these processes can be included among those responsible for the horizontal components of the figure?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. endosymbiosis
  2. mitosis
  3. binary fission
  4. point mutations