Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is consistent with the assertion that protists are paraphyletic?
A) Protists are all more primitive than land plants and animals.
B) Protists all share a common set of synapomorphies.
C) Protists do not share a single common ancestor.
D) The common ancestor of all protists evolved into other eukaryotic groups.
E) All of the above answers apply.
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