You discover two species of sponge, one red and one blue, near a deep sea vent. You genetically engineer the red sponge to produce the same CAMs as the blue sponge. You then take each sponge - the blue sponge and the engineered sponge - dissociate their cells, and mix the red and blue cells together. Which of the following will you most likely observe?

A. one sponge with a red side and a blue side
B. one blue sponge and one red sponge
C. one sponge with blue cells and red cells randomly distributed
D. a bunch of red and blue cells that stay dissociated
E. one sponge with alternating red and blue layers of cells


C. one sponge with blue cells and red cells randomly distributed

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