Question

Your study group is in the midst of a discussion on fungi. One of your classmates emphatically states that animals and fungi do not share an evolutionary relationship because they lack common characteristics. You could counter his argument by stating that animals and fungi both

exhibit heterotrophy and store surplus food as glycogen. T/F

Answer 1

True.

Step-by-step explanation:

The R.H. Whittaker gives classification based on the kingdom. The five Kingdom that are included in the Whittaker classification are Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and animalia.

The kingdom Animalia and Fungi shares some common characteristics with each other. Both the Kingdoms are multicellular in nature and heterotrophic in nature as they cannot prepare their own food. Both the organisms uses glycogen for food storage. This might be possible that fungi and animalia shows evolutionary relationship with each other.

Thus, the correct answer is true.

Answer 2

True

Step-by-step explanation:

The biological classification involves grouping of organisms into different classes on the basis of common physical characteristics. However, now a day’s genetic analysis is also used to classify species on the basis of genetic similarity.

Both heterotrophy and food storage as glycogen are physical characteristics which are common in both the animals and fungi and as per earlier methodology of classification, these two can be grouped together. However, after genetic analysis animal and fungi were grouped into different kingdoms. Hence, the given statement is true