[Campbell Biology P.734] One of the characteristics unique to animals is | Practice Question

One of the characteristics unique to animals is

  • A: gastrulation
  • B: multicellularity
  • C: sexual reproduction
  • D: flagellated sperm

Explanation

Gastrulation is a developmental process unique to animals Metazoa , forming distinct germ layers. While other options are common in animals, they are not exclusively unique to them e.g., multicellularity in plants/fungi, sexual reproduction in many eukaryotes, flagellated sperm in some plants .