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DNA sequence data for diplomonad, euglenozoan, a plant and an unidentified protist suggest that the unidentified species is mostly closely related to the diplomonad. Further studies reveal that the unknown species has fully functional mitochondria. Based on these data, at what point on the Phylogenetic tree given in Figure 25.9 “Exploring Eukaryotic Diversity”, in the textbook, did the mystery protists lineage probably diverge from other eukaryotic lineages.
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The diplomonads are the group of flagella containing organisms and are mostly
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