Why is it unwise to try to relate an organism's complexity with its size or number of cells?
A) A very large organism may be composed of very few cells or very few cell types.
B) A single-celled organism, such as a bacterium or a protist, still has to conduct all the complex life functions of a large multicellular organism.
C) A single-celled organism that is also eukaryotic, such as a yeast, still reproduces mitotically.
D) A simple organism can have a much larger genome.
E) A complex organism can have a very small and simple genome.
Metabolic rates of animals that differ in size.
Chart depicting pupillary size in millimeters
Bones change radically in size and shape from newborn to adult, as these cervical vertebrae demonstr
Multicelled organism
Opener A field of pumpkins, where size is under the influence of additive alleles
Distribution Patterns and Population Size Estimates (Bio 30)