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Bio104 Laboratory ? Student?s Guide John Jay College, C.U.N.Y Lab #6 ? Page 1 Lab #6: Evolution of Land Plants I. Introduction a. Last week, we learned about several types of green algae and explored their evolution from solitary single-celled organisms through colonialism and into multicellularity. Although green algae are protists, green algae and land plants share a common ancestor and have many shared features. Both are Eukaryotes and both have chloroplasts that are strikingly similar. b. However, plants have diverged considerably from algae. The two most striking differences are that plants have evolved life cycles that are very distinct from that of protists, and that nearly
