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