Cellulose is a major component of plants and is only directly digested by

A. herbivores.
B. carnivores.
C. termites.
D. microorganisms


D

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Metagenomic studies of prokaryotes have

revealed that

a. there is very little diversity among bacteria. b. archaea are more closely related to bacteria than to eukaryotes. c. bacteria and archaea are essentially the same organisms. d. most archaea evolved from viruses. e. none of these things were revealed by metagenomic studies

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Parental care in dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birds is an example of

A. homology caused by convergence. B. homoplasy caused by common descent. C. homoplasy caused by convergence. D. homoplasy caused by evolutionary reversal. E. homology caused by common descent.

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