The finding that homeotic genes are present in both mammals and insects indicates that these genes must

A. have arisen very early in the evolutionary history of animals.
B. control the same traits.
C. have developed independently and simultaneously.
D. have been transmitted into mammals by an insect bite.
E. be on the same chromosomes.


Answer: A

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