Imagine That You Discovered the Following Information About the Three

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you discovered the following information about the three domains of life:
Feature Bacteria Archaea Eukaryotes
RNA polymerase small, simple complex complex
Introns absent present present
Antibiotic sensitivity sensitive insensitive insensitive
Membrane Lipids C chains unbranched C chains branched C chains branched
These data would support which of the following conclusions?

A) Eukaryotes share a more recent common ancestor with bacteria than with archaea.
B) Bacteria are the only one of the three groups that lacks a nucleus.
C) Archaea are more similar to bacteria than to eukaryotes.
D) Eukaryotes are more similar to archaea than to bacteria.