Which of the following statements about the evolution of flower symmetry is false?
A)Daisies,roses,and tulips are flowers with radial symmetry.
B)Some radially symmetric flowers have ancestors with bilaterally symmetric flowers.
C)Having radially symmetric flowers is ancestral to having bilaterally symmetric flowers.
D)All cases of flowers with bilateral symmetry involve the CYCLOIDIA (CYC)gene.
E)Bilateral symmetry in some flowers is a homoplastic character derived through convergent evolution.

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Not all cases of flowers with bilateral symmetry involve the CYCLOIDIA (CYC) gene. Some cases of bilateral symmetry have evolved independently through convergent evolution, without any involvement of CYC gene.

Which of the Following Statements About the Evolution of Flower