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In biological taxonomy, a domain is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese. According to the Woese system, the tree of life consists of three domains: archaea, bacteria and eukarya.
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Archaea are distinct from bacteria becausea. some archaea form methane.b. each have different rRNA sequences.c. archaea do not have peptidoglycan cell walls.d. archaea are more closely related to eukaryotes.e. All of these are correct.
Which of the following statements is correct? Please select all that apply.
Select one or more:
a.
Parasitism between bacteria and archaea caused complex interactions that eventually gave rise to eukarya.
b.
While bacteria are prokaryotes, archaea are neither prokaryotic, nor eukaryotic but classified as a 3rd cell type.
c.
Prokaryotes are classified further based on whether they are unicellular or multicellular organisms.
d.
The molecular biologies of archaea and eukarya show a greater proportion of similarities than those of eukarya and bacteria.
e.
Prokaryotes could not make photosynthesis until chloroplast endosymbiosis evolution.
f.
The last universal common ancestor most likely had a primitive prokaryotic cell organization.
g.
Endosymbiosis of chloroplast precedes that of mitochondria.
Archaea are most closely related to which of the following major groups on the tree of life?
a.
Bacteria
b.
Eucarya
c.
Plantae
d.
None of the above
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