Which Statement Most Strongly Supports the Assertion That Multicellularity Can

Multiple Choice

Which statement most strongly supports the assertion that multicellularity can evolve relatively easily?

A) Multicellular brown algae are ubiquitous along the shoreline-evidence that multicellularity was a precursor to emerging on land.
B) Plasmodial slime molds, an early-diverging group of protists, are multicellular.
C) There are relatively few multicellular representatives in the protist clade.
D) Experimental studies have shown that in only a few months, multicellularity can be artificially selected for in some normally unicellular eukaryotic species.
E) Multicellularity allows for nutrient and gas exchange over a larger surface area.