Which of the following statements about lysozymes is false?
A) They do not have a function in mammals that are not foregut fermenters.
B) They have been subjected to convergent evolution in mammals.
C) At several amino acid positions of this enzyme, nonsynonymous substitutions have occurred at a faster rate than have synonymous substitutions in the lineage leading to foregut fermenters.
D) The changes that have occurred in the lysozymes of foregut fermenters have made the enzyme more resistant to attack by digestive enzymes.
E) All of the above are true; none is false.
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