The Fischer projection for the naturally occurring form of fucose, one of the carbohydrates used as a cell marker in the determination of blood types, is shown below.Is this D-fucose or L-fucose? 
A) D-fucose
B) L-fucose
C) It is neither D- nor L-; fucose is not chiral.
D) It is impossible to determine from the Fischer projection alone.
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