True or false: DNA evidence has strongly supported the original groupings proposed by Carl Linnaeus to show relationships between organisms.

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DNA evidence has actually challenged and sometimes contradicted the original groupings proposed by Linnaeus. For example, DNA analysis has shown that fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants, which is different from their traditional Linnaean classification as plants.

True or False: DNA Evidence Has Strongly Supported the Original