Based on their abundance and location in bacterial genomes,deduce which is LEAST likely to horizontally transfer into another bacterium while maintaining its identical function and regulatory roles.
A) heat shock protein-encoding gene
B) lac operon
C) catabolic regulon
D) quorum sensing operon

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Catabolic regulons are typically large and complex, involving multiple genes and regulatory elements. It is less likely that such a large and complex unit would be transferred horizontally and maintain its identical function and regulatory roles in a different bacterium.

Based on Their Abundance and Location in Bacterial Genomes,deduce Which