In five kingdom system of classification of R H Whittaker, how many kingdoms contain eukaryotes? |
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Four Kingdoms |
b) |
One Kingdom |
c) |
Two Kingdoms |
d) |
Three Kingdoms |
In five kingdom system of classification of R H Whittaker, how many kingdoms contain eukaryotes? |
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a) |
Four Kingdoms |
b) |
One Kingdom |
c) |
Two Kingdoms |
d) |
Three Kingdoms |
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R H Whittaker (1969, an American taxonomist divided all the organisms into five kingdoms. These are kingdom-Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. Of these only kingdom-Monera contains prokaryotic organisms, whereas rest four kingdoms contain eukaryotic organisms.