Three of the following are evidence that charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants. Select the exception. (A) similar sperm structure (B) the presence of chloroplasts (C) similarities in...

Three of the following are evidence that charophytes are the closest algal relatives of plants. Select the exception.

(A) similar sperm structure

(B) the presence of chloroplasts

(C) similarities in cell wall formation during cell division

(D) genetic similarities in chloroplasts

Which of the following characteristics of plants is absent in their closest relatives, the charophyte algae?

(A) chlorophyll b

(B) cellulose in cell walls

(C) sexual reproduction

(D) alternation of multicellular generations