Which one of the following statements regarding metazoan origins is true?
A) Origin of the metazoa has been clearly elucidated and involves ancestry from a colonial flagellate stock.
B) Metazoans are derived twice.One lineage involves a colonial flagellate stock,and the other lineage involves placozoan-like ancestors.
C) Metazoans arose from a multinucleate ciliate where cell boundaries eventually formed around each nucleus.
D) Placozoans may be similar to the single ancestral state.Features like their small nuclear genome and their large mitochondrial genome are features that may be derived from a common ancestor shared with some animal outgroups.The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the Placozoa suggest ancestry with animal outgroups.
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Q2: Specialized archaeocytes that secrete spongin are
A)collencytes.
B)sclerocytes.
C)choanocytes.
D)spongocytes.
E)lophocytes.Spongocytes are
Q3: The sponges date back to
A)the Devonian period
Q4: The outer thin,flat,epithelial-like cells that cover the
Q5: Cells responsible for water flow and capture
Q6: Calcareous or siliceous elements of the sponge
Q7: Specialized archaeocytes that secrete large quantities of
Q8: The most complex and the most common
Q9: The structural protein found in all sponges
Q10: The modified cells of sponges that form
Q11: Flagellated canals of syconoid sponges form by
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