In individual insects of some species, whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis. As a result of the chromosome loss, which of the following consequences is most likely?

A) cloning a larva from the somatic cells of such an adult insect would be difficult
B) such species must reproduce only asexually
C) sequencing of the entire genome will not be possible
D) metamorphosis can no longer occur among the descendants of such adults