Which of the following statements is consistent with the assertion that protists are paraphyletic? a. there is no common set of synapomorphies that define a protist b. protists all share a common set of synapomorphies. c. protists are all more primitive than land plants and animals. d. protists do not share a single common ancestor.

Which statement is not an accurate description of meiosis? a) meiosis produces offspring that are genetically diverse. b) meiosis produces offspring that are identical to the parent. c) in sexual reproduction half of the genetic material comes from the father (sperm) and half of the genetic material comes from the mother (egg). d) meiosis decreases the number of chromosomes by half so that when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.