Archaea are more closely related to _______ than to any other monophyletic group.
A) bacteria
B) eukaryotes
C) bacteria and eukaryotes
D) fungi
E) protists

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Archaea are more closely related to eukaryotes than to any other monophyletic group, as both archaea and eukaryotes have a similar mechanism of transcription and translation that differs from bacteria. This has led to the hypothesis that eukaryotes evolved from a lineage of archaea.

Archaea Are More Closely Related to _______ Than to Any