answer

ee 13/25 Multiple Choice 1 point Imagine you overhear a discussion between two people in your biology class about the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of multicellular versus unicellular organisms. One person is describing multicellularity as adaptively significant for animals because cells can specialize and differentiate. Is their argument supported by our current understanding of animal evolution? Yes, because multicellular organisms consist of specialized cells with distinct functions. This allows for the division of labor, with different cell types performing specific tasks. No, because multicellular organisms are not any more complex than a group of unicellular organisms communicating together. ( : ) Yes, because over evolutionary history we see the increasing complexity of organisms. This indicates that complexity increases an organism's evolutionary fitness. No, because while multicellular organisms are complex and differences in cells allow for a wide diversity within organisms, this is not adaptively significant as it comes with a large energy cost to the organism. Next