Which one of the following statements about horizontal gene transfer is false?
A) Horizontal gene transfer is also called lateral gene transfer.
B) Horizontal gene transfer involves hitchhiking genes from other species.
C) Horizontal gene transfer was common early in life, but is absent today.
D) Gene swapping is evident in the human genome.
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