Protists are considered to represent an artificial kingdom rather than an evolutionary lineage because
A) no single clade can combine all the species currently grouped within the kingdom.
B) both prokaryotic and eukaryotic species have been assigned to the kingdom.
C) they evolved recently and the members routinely hybridize with one another.
D) all of the species included within the grouping are believed to have descended from a single common ancestor.
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Q2: Cells perform many complex processes; in what
Q3: Which protist life strategy is matched with
Q4: The tendency toward sexual reproduction in the
Q5: Examine the following evolutionary tree. 
Q6: In comparison to eukaryotes,prokaryotes are smaller but
Q7: Although exceptions exist,reproduction in most eukaryotes involves
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Q8: In addition to a process similar to
Q9: The kingdom Protista is quite diverse and
Q10: Biologists hypothesize all of the following advantages
Q11: What adaptive advantage do the numerous projections
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