Why is the filamentous morphology of the slime molds considered a case of convergent evolution with fungi?
A)Water molds evolved from filamentous fungi.
B)Body shape reflects ancestor-descendant relationships among organisms.
C)DNA sequence analyses indicate that slime molds descended from different unicellular ancestors than did fungi.
D)Filamentous body shape is evolutionarily ancestral for all eukaryotes.

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Slime molds and fungi have independently evolved a filamentous morphology, despite descending from different unicellular ancestors, as shown by DNA sequence analyses. This is a classic example of convergent evolution, where unrelated species evolve similar traits.

Why Is the Filamentous Morphology of the Slime Molds Considered