Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 21, Protists and Fungi - Assessment - 21.4 Fungi - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 630: 26

Answer

The exoskeleton of insects and the cell walls of fungi both contain chitin.

Work Step by Step

The exoskeleton of insects and the cell walls of fungi both contain chitin, which is a polymer made of sugars. This relationship between insects and fungi implies that fungi are more related to animals than to plants.
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