10 Questions
Which scientist reanalyzed the classification of organisms using the information on nucleic acids and proposed the three domains Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea?
Carl Woese
Which group were previously lumped together as 'Monera' before the reclassification by Carl Woese?
Bacteria and Archaea
What revealed that Archaea have a closer evolutionary relationship to Eukarya than that of Bacteria?
16s rRNA analysis
What are the currently existing three domains proposed by Carl Woese?
Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea
What are the two major phyla in which known Archaea were previously grouped?
Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota
What did Carl Woese's reanalysis of classification using nucleic acids lead to?
The discovery of the three domains: Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea
What did the examination of molecular, biochemical, and other morphological features reveal about Archaea?
They have a closer evolutionary relationship to Eukarya than to Bacteria
What were the two major phyla in which known Archaea were previously grouped?
Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota
What are the currently existing three domains as proposed by Carl Woese?
Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea
Which of the following is NOT a new branch of Archaea discovered after refinement of 16s rRNA analysis?
Euryarchaeota
Test your knowledge about Carl Woese's groundbreaking classification system for organisms based on nucleic acids, which separated prokaryotes into different domains and proposed Eukarya, Bacteria, and another domain.
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