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What is the primary habitat of red algae?
What is the primary habitat of red algae?
Which class contains the majority of red algae species?
Which class contains the majority of red algae species?
What is the characteristic pigment that gives red algae their color?
What is the characteristic pigment that gives red algae their color?
Why are red algae relatively rare in freshwater environments?
Why are red algae relatively rare in freshwater environments?
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What is a distinctive feature of red algae cells?
What is a distinctive feature of red algae cells?
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Why are there no terrestrial red algae species?
Why are there no terrestrial red algae species?
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What type of starch do red algae store outside the chloroplasts?
What type of starch do red algae store outside the chloroplasts?
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Which evolutionary event led to the origin of red and green algae?
Which evolutionary event led to the origin of red and green algae?
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Where are the Cyanidiophyceae, a class of unicellular and thermoacidophilic extremophiles, found?
Where are the Cyanidiophyceae, a class of unicellular and thermoacidophilic extremophiles, found?
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What did the secondary endosymbiosis event involving an ancestral red alga and a heterotrophic eukaryote result in?
What did the secondary endosymbiosis event involving an ancestral red alga and a heterotrophic eukaryote result in?
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Which clade includes macroalgae, seaweed that usually do not grow to more than about 50 cm in length?
Which clade includes macroalgae, seaweed that usually do not grow to more than about 50 cm in length?
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What adaptation has made the survival of Cyanidiophyceae in sulphuric hot springs and other acidic environments possible?
What adaptation has made the survival of Cyanidiophyceae in sulphuric hot springs and other acidic environments possible?
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Where are most rhodophytes (red algae) found?
Where are most rhodophytes (red algae) found?
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What type of food product is made from red algae species Porphyra?
What type of food product is made from red algae species Porphyra?
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What makes red algae different from green algae in terms of sugar storage?
What makes red algae different from green algae in terms of sugar storage?
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