The placement of prokaryotes into major clades within the domains Archaea and Bacteria has been based on __________.

a. molecular comparisons
b. fossil records of prokaryotes that have been recently discovered
c. Gram stain results and colony characteristics when grown on solid media
d. shape and motility
e. nutritional modes and ecology


Ans: a. molecular comparisons

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