NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM FUNGI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Are fungi more like plants or animals?
A
plants
B
animals
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This is our final reason fungi are not plants: the best available molecular evidence demonstrates fungi are more closely related to animals than plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mushrooms are fungi, and they are actually more closely related to animals than they are to plants. There are three domains of life: bacteria, archaea, and eukaryota. All of the multicellular life belong to eukaryota.

Detailed explanation-3: -The major similarity among fungi, plants and animals is that they are all living organisms that belong to domain Eukarya, which means they are all made of eukaryotic cells. These are cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus, as well as many different functioning organelles that serve the entire organism.

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