A new strain of the malaria parasite Plasmodium is discovered, which has evolved a better counterdefense to increase its survival. Which of the following is not a possible evolutionary advance for this new Plasmodium strain?
A) A gene that allows Plasmodium to retain the host's red blood cell shape after infection
B) The injection of viruses into red blood cells, which makes the cells "invisible" to the host's immune system
C) The removal of genes from Plasmodium that produce knobs that are added to the surface of the red blood cells
D) Additional genes that allow transport proteins to be placed on the surface of red blood cells, enabling more nutrients to be imported into the infected host's red blood cells
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