Biology: How Life Works
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781319017637
Author: James Morris, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, Melissa Michael, Robert Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener, Brian Farrell, N. Michele Holbrook
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Question
Chapter 25.3, Problem 7SAQ
Summary Introduction
Around 1.6 billion years ago the last common ancestor of plants and animals lived and it was considered as a unicellular organism (neither animal nor plant itself). It is likely that plants and animals evolved separately into multi celled organisms however, the basic cellular mechanisms are homologous.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionStudents have asked these similar questions
Do plants and animals have a common multicellular ancestor?
Why green algae is called ancestors of land plants?
In which the greek word systematic derived from latin words in living world?
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- What does the endosymbionttheory propose as the originfor mitochondria andchloroplasts? Explain.arrow_forwardDid Aphids Acquire Their Ability to Make CarotenoidsThrough Horizontal Gene Transfer?arrow_forwardone of the following is the ancestor of the plant kingdom golden algae radiolarians foraminiferans apicomplexans non of the abovearrow_forward
- How did the evolution happened in the article "First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified"arrow_forwardWhy are embryological features important for distinguishing the major groups of phyla?arrow_forwarddescribe a scenario for the evolutionary origin of protist chloroplasts?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Endosymbiotic Theory; Author: Amoeba Sisters;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGnS-Xk0ZqU;License: Standard Youtube License