Multiple Choice
Why is the filamentous morphology of the slime molds considered a case of convergent evolution with fungi?
A) Water molds evolved from filamentous fungi.
B) Body shape reflects ancestor-descendant relationships among organisms.
C) DNA sequence analyses indicate that slime molds descended from different unicellular ancestors than did fungi.
D) Filamentous body shape is evolutionarily ancestral for all eukaryotes.
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