Which one of the following statements about the classification of annelids and arthropods is false?
A)Annelids and arthropods are protostomes.
B)The lophotrochozoans and the ecdysozoans are sister clades within the Protostomia.
C)Segmentation is an ancestral trait for the protostomes.
D)One role of the Hox gene family is to regulate segmentation.
E)Segmentation arose independently in the Deuterostomia.

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Segmentation is not considered an ancestral trait for all protostomes; it evolved independently in different lineages, such as annelids and arthropods.

Which One of the Following Statements About the Classification of Annelids