Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337392938
Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To provide: The arguments to support the hypothesis that “the fungi are opisthokonts, more closely related to animals than plants”.

Introduction: Opisthokonts are a group of eukaryotes that have choanoflagellates, animals as well as fungi. Earlier fungi were classified under the plant kingdom. This is because of some similarities such as the presence of a cell wall, vacuole, and their presence in the soil. However, due to some discovery by systematics and Robert Harding Whittaker, it was decided to place fungi in a separate Kingdom.

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