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Protists are different from any other organisms found in the animal or bacteria kingdom. For this reason, they are seen as heterotrophic or autotrophic by biologists and botanists.
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∙ 9y agoThe protists are closely related to the animals than they are to the archaea. Genetically they are closely related to the whales and dolphins.
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Why are some protists more closely related to other kingdoms than to members of their own kingdom?
Because they are more different than they are alike.
Why has the Kingdom Protista been abandoned?
Advances in systematics have caused the kingdom Protista to crumble. the former kingdom is paraphyletic: some protists are more closely related to plants, fungi, or animals than to other protists. {& plants are a problem: sister clade to "green algae" - but not included in "protists"} As a result, the kingdom Protista has been abandoned ... Biologists still use 'protist 'informally, {like 'reptile' or 'dog'} as a convenient way to refer to eukaryotes that are neither plants, animals, nor fungi.
What basis have biologists determined that Archaea and Bacteria are not closely related?
Their DNA is very different.
Are Australia's plants and animals closely related to those of Africa?
The plants and animals of Australia are closely related to Africa because their land masses used to be connected. This also explains the similar plants and animals in other regions of the world.
How are Archaea more closely related to eukaryotes than to bacteria?
Arche bacteria are much closer to eukaryotes.Bacteria also have some similarities. NO. Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota. Bacteria are more closely related to the more complex organisms (Eukaryotes). Archaea are now considered in their own domain. The Archaea in plankton are the most abundant organism on the planet.
What protists appear most closely related to animals?
Choanoflagellates are the group of protists most closely related to animals, including humans. Choanoflagellates are known for their distinctive cell morphology.
Why is the Protest kingdom been abandoned by modern taxonomists?
Some protists are more closely related to plants, animals, or fungi than they are to other protist and it is polyphyltic
Why are fungi thought to be more closely related to protists instead of plants?
Fungi are not plants mainly because they are heterotrophic and lack the capacity to perform photosynthesis. Fungi are more closely related to animals than plants and most protists. (The term protist has no phylogenetic meaning anymore. That is, "protists" are not all related to one another. There are some prostists that group with fungi in the most recent eukaryotic tree of life. However, more research needs to be done to discover the synapomorphies, or shared, derived traits, between fungi and these protists.) They are more similar to protists in that many protists are also heterotrophic. However, most protists use the DAP pathway to synthesize lysine while fungi use the AAA pathway. Protists use a variety of compounds to store energy. Plants use starch and starch-like compounds. Fungi and animals use glycogen. The cisternae of the mitochondria of many protists are tubular, while animals and fungi have plate-like cisternae.
Are mushrooms phylogenetically more closely related of plants or to animals?
Animals.
What kingdom of organisms is closely related to fungi?
Animals
What animals is the most closely related to the lizard?
to me......an iguana
What animals are closely related to the pansy butterfly?
Mosquito
Why are some protists more closely related to other kingdoms than to members of their own kingdom?
Because they are more different than they are alike.
How are protists related to other eukaryotes?
Protists are eukaryotes that do not belong to plant, animal or fungi species. The way in which protists are related to other eukaryotes stems from the fact that among the current protists include groups whose ancestors were the reason why plants, animals and fungi exist today.
Why did DNA technology lead to more use to more use of cladistics?
It showed that different-looking animals are actually related. It showed new evolutionary relationships between animals. it changed ideas about which animals were closely related
What animals are rhinos closely related to?
any of the hooved animals
Why has the Kingdom Protista been abandoned?
Advances in systematics have caused the kingdom Protista to crumble. the former kingdom is paraphyletic: some protists are more closely related to plants, fungi, or animals than to other protists. {& plants are a problem: sister clade to "green algae" - but not included in "protists"} As a result, the kingdom Protista has been abandoned ... Biologists still use 'protist 'informally, {like 'reptile' or 'dog'} as a convenient way to refer to eukaryotes that are neither plants, animals, nor fungi.
