Which One of the Following Statements About the Classification of Annelids

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about the classification of annelids and arthropods is false?

• A)Annelids and arthropods are protostomes.
• B)The lophotrochozoans and the ecdysozoans are sister clades within the Protostomia.
• C)Segmentation is an ancestral trait for the protostomes.
• D)One role of the Hox gene family is to regulate segmentation.
• E)Segmentation arose independently in the Deuterostomia.

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