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1.The kingdom Protista is often considered to be a“miscellaneous file”. Explain why that designation may beappropriate. Include a description of the major types of organismsfound in this kingdom and why each group is placed in the kingdomProtista rather than the one of the other Eukaryotickingdoms.
2.Explain what a phylogenetic tree is and what characteristics areused to construct it.

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