Give explanation  Which of the following statements is TRUE based on the phylogenetic tree shown?   a) Bacteria and archaea are equally related to to eukarya b) Plants and ciliates are more closely related than plants and animals c) Green sulfur bacterial are more closely related to archaea than the Thermotogales d) Methanosarcina and Haloarchaea are equally related to Methanococcus e) Flavobacteria are the last common ancestor between bacteria and eukarya

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Which of the following statements is TRUE based on the phylogenetic tree shown?

 
a) Bacteria and archaea are equally related to to eukarya
b) Plants and ciliates are more closely related than plants and animals
c) Green sulfur bacterial are more closely related to archaea than the Thermotogales
d) Methanosarcina and Haloarchaea are equally related to Methanococcus
e) Flavobacteria are the last common ancestor between bacteria and eukarya
Flavobacteria
Bacteria
Cyanobacteria
Thermotogales
Green
non-sulfur
bacteria
Gram
Purple positives
bacteria
Archaea
Crenarchaeota
Pyrodictium
Methanobacterium
Methano
Thermoproteus coccus
T. celer
Entamoebae Slime
molds
Euryarchaeota
Methanosarcina Haloarchaea
Eucarya
Animals
Fungi
Plants
Cliates
Microsporidia
Flagellates
Trichomonada
Diplomonads
Transcribed Image Text:Flavobacteria Bacteria Cyanobacteria Thermotogales Green non-sulfur bacteria Gram Purple positives bacteria Archaea Crenarchaeota Pyrodictium Methanobacterium Methano Thermoproteus coccus T. celer Entamoebae Slime molds Euryarchaeota Methanosarcina Haloarchaea Eucarya Animals Fungi Plants Cliates Microsporidia Flagellates Trichomonada Diplomonads
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