Microsporidia were previously thought to be an early-branching taxon of Eukarya due to their parasitic lifestyle

However, new evidence suggests they have evolved into a parasitic lifestyle through adaptive gene loss which places them as close relatives of the zygospore-producing
A) ascomycetes.
B) chytridiomycetes.
C) glomeromycetes.
D) zygomycetes.


Answer: D

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