In the section "Investigating Life: In (Extremely) Cold Blood",among the ice fishes,Neopagetopsis ionah had white blood but intact alpha and beta globin genes.Why was their blood still white?
A) The fish could produce hemoglobin,but not red blood cells.
B) The alpha and beta genes were both fragmented.
C) The alpha and beta genes were both deleted.
D) The genes were mutated in a way that leaves the fish unable to produce hemoglobin.
E) The fish could produce hemoglobin,but it did not contain an iron atom.
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