Alfred Jost did an experiment in which he removed the gonads from male and female rabbit fetuses and then observed their subsequent sexual development. All of the gonadectomized animals developed a female phenotype. This experiment demonstrated
A) the importance of the X chromosome in female development.
B) the importance of the Y chromosome in male development.
C) the importance of the ovaries in female development.
D) the importance of the testes in male development.
E) that rabbits are not good research models.
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