[讨论]有关being的使用

Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature. 

(A) because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to

(B) because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to

(C) being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will

(D) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to

(E) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become

 我选了B，但是答案是
                D，记得在prep语法笔记里曾经提到being的错误用法有1）being+n.,2)being+adj.,3)as being +n./adj./ing形式，因此就觉得选项里有being的一般都错，B里的because从句不能做does not的主语么？

请指教，谢谢！

because是原因状语吧 不能作为主语