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Refer to the figure.In an experiment, two bloodsucking Rhodnius prolixus bugs were decapitated and connected by a glass tube, allowing body fluids to cross between them.Both molted into adults. Refer to the figure.In an experiment, two bloodsucking Rhodnius prolixus bugs were decapitated and connected by a glass tube, allowing body fluids to cross between them.Both molted into adults.   The results shown could occur if, before the two bugs were connected, A)  both bugs had been decapitated a week after a blood meal. B)  both bugs had been decapitated soon after a blood meal. C)  the prothoracic glands of one bug had been removed and the other bug had been decapitated soon after a blood meal. D)  the brains of both bugs had been removed soon after a blood meal. E)  soon after a blood meal one bug had been decapitated and the other had its prothoracic glands removed. The results shown could occur if, before the two bugs were connected,


A) both bugs had been decapitated a week after a blood meal.
B) both bugs had been decapitated soon after a blood meal.
C) the prothoracic glands of one bug had been removed and the other bug had been decapitated soon after a blood meal.
D) the brains of both bugs had been removed soon after a blood meal.
E) soon after a blood meal one bug had been decapitated and the other had its prothoracic glands removed.

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