14. Which type of unikont is structurally and genetically most similar to animal

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14. Which type of unikont is structurally and genetically most similar to animals? 15. List and describe the different Supergroups. Provide a representative protist example of each clade. Why are 16. Be able to describe both traditional and modern classification of Kingdom Animalia and why the classification 17. Understand what "descent with modification" means and how this applies to studying organisms. Be able to Supergroups used in Domain Eukarya? What Supergroups are Kingdom Plantae, Fungi and Animalia in? scheme has changed describe natural selection as a mechanism of evolution and apply it to the different body plans of animals

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14. Choanoflagellates are structurally and genetically similar to animals.

--->There are some physical resemblences between choanoflagellates and animal cells, specifically the feeding cells of sponges, called choanocytes. Sponge choanocytes also have a flagellum and possess a collar of filaments for trapping food.Similar collars have been seen on several kinds of animals.

---->There are resemblance features between choanoflagellates and animals at the level of DNA also. The presence so many cell adhesion molecules in choanoflagellates is the similar feature of animals.

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