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Author: Eugene W Nester Professor, Martha T Nester, Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, C. Evans Roberts Jr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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If all prokaryotes were eliminated from the planet.
a) animals would thrive because there would be no disease.
b) archaea would thrive because there would be no competition for nutrients.
c) all animals would die.
d) animals and archaea would thrive.
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