Body appendages as diverse as crab legs, beetle legs, sea star arms, butterfly wings, fish fins, and mouse feet start out as ____.

A. clusters of cells in the limb buds
B. cerebral cells
C. cardiac cells
D. offshoots of the sperm cell
E. offshoots of the egg


Answer: A

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