Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 3MC
The organism that causes malaria belongs to which of the following groups?
- a. alveolates
- b. slime molds
- c. ciliates
- d. apicomplexans
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