What Is Life? 2nd Edition by Jay Phelan

Exercise 3

"Establishing a phylogeny for bacteria is more difficult than establishing a phylogeny for plants or animals." This statement is:
A) correct, because of the quick generation time of bacteria.
B) incorrect, because lateral gene transfer makes creating a phylogeny simpler.
C) incorrect, because the metabolic diversity of bacteria makes classification impossible.
D) correct, because it is difficult to obtain enough morphological data from bacteria.
E) correct, because bacteria can engage in lateral gene transfer.