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Chapter 32, Problem 1S
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The characteristics that initially led scientists to place fungi closer to the plants.
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Earlier fungi were considered to be more closely related to plants despite their inability to conduct photosynthesis, but recent molecular studies have indicated that they are more closely related to animals than to plants.
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