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Fossils of Lystrosaurus, a dicynodont therapsid, are most common in parts of modern-day South America, South Africa, Madagascar, India, South Australia, and Antarctica. It apparently lived in arid regions, and was mostly herbivorous. It originated during the mid-Permian period, survived the Permian extinction, and dwindled by the late Triassic, though there is evidence of a relict population in Australia during the Cretaceous. The dicynodonts had two large tusks, extending down from their upper jaws; the tusks were not used for food gathering, and in some species were limited to males. Food was gathered using an otherwise toothless beak. Judging from the fossil record, these pig-sized organisms were the most common mammal-like reptiles of the Permian.
-An organism has a relatively large number of Hox genes in its genome. Which of the following is not True of this organism?


A) It evolved from evolutionary ancestors that had fewer Hox genes.
B) It must have multiple paired appendages along the length of its body.
C) It has the genetic potential to have a relatively complex anatomy.
D) At least some of its Hox genes owe their existence to gene duplication events.
E) Its Hox genes cooperated to produce the positional patterns of this organism as it developed.

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