Assertion: The presence of chlorophyll in euglena shows its plant like structure.
Reason: Euglena cannot be classified on the basis of two kingdom classification.
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Assertion is True: Euglena contains chlorophyll and can perform photosynthesis like plants. This autotrophic ability is considered a plant-like feature.
Reason is True: Euglena exhibits both plant-like (chlorophyll, autotrophy) and animal-like (no cell wall, flagellar movement, heterotrophy in the dark) characteristics. Because it possesses traits of both, it could not be easily classified within the rigid two-kingdom system (which only included Plantae and Animalia) and was later placed in the Kingdom Protista.
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