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Carl Woese divided organisms into three domains of life based on
 

Option: 1

Phylogenetic studies
 


Option: 2

16s rRNA sequences
 


Option: 3

DNA sequences
 


Option: 4

Protein sequencing 
 


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Three domains of life -

  • Carl Woese divided all the organisms into three domains of life named domain archaea, domain bacteria and domain Eukarya. He divided kingdom monera into two domains archaea and bacteria while all other kingdoms got a place in the domain Eukarya.
  • This classification was based on molecular studies of 16s rRNA sequences.

-Three domains classification was based on molecular studies of 16s rRNA sequences.

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