Are these ciliates more closely related to all other protists than they are to plants, fungi, or animals?
a. Ciliates are more closely related to the Unikonta than to fungi and animals.
b. Ciliates are as closely related to plants as they are to protistan members of the Archaeplastida.
c. Ciliates are more closely related to all other protists than they are to plants, fungi, and animals.
d. Ciliates are as closely related to plants as they are to protistan members of SAR.
e. Ciliates are as closely related to fungi and animals as they are to protistan members of the eukaryotic supergroup Unikonta.