All living things are divided into three domains: bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. They have several traits that are specific to each domain or shared across the domains.   Based on this information, what traits would the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) be expected to have? A. Nuclear envelope, introns in genes, and peptidoglycan in cell walls.   B. Histones associated with DNA, circular chromosome, and peptidoglycan in cell walls.   C. Unbranched hydrocarbons in membrane lipids, histones associated with DNA, and introns in genes.   D. Circular chromosome, unbranched hydrocarbons in membrane lipids, and one kind of RNA polymerase.

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All living things are divided into three domains: bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. They have several traits that are specific to each domain or shared across the domains.

 

Based on this information, what traits would the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) be expected to have?

A. Nuclear envelope, introns in genes, and peptidoglycan in cell walls.
 
B. Histones associated with DNA, circular chromosome, and peptidoglycan in cell walls.
 
C. Unbranched hydrocarbons in membrane lipids, histones associated with DNA, and introns in genes.
 
D. Circular chromosome, unbranched hydrocarbons in membrane lipids, and one kind of RNA polymerase.
Trait
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
Nuclear
Absent
Absent
Present
envelope
Peptidoglycan
in cell walls
Absent
Present
Absent
Membrane
Some
Unbranched Unbranched
branched hydrocarbons hydrocarbons
hydrocarbons
lipids
RNA
Several
One kind
Several
polymerase
kinds
kinds
Circular
Present
Present
Absent
chromosome
Introns in
Present in
Very rare
Present in
genes
some genes
many genes
Histones
Present in
Absent
Present
associated
some
with DNA
species
Transcribed Image Text:Trait Archaea Bacteria Eukarya Nuclear Absent Absent Present envelope Peptidoglycan in cell walls Absent Present Absent Membrane Some Unbranched Unbranched branched hydrocarbons hydrocarbons hydrocarbons lipids RNA Several One kind Several polymerase kinds kinds Circular Present Present Absent chromosome Introns in Present in Very rare Present in genes some genes many genes Histones Present in Absent Present associated some with DNA species
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