Hello all I got this one wrong. And it seems that the Like vs As issue is becoming a problem for me. Here's the question:

More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump,"as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.

A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another
C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others
E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one





The OA is B
I however, chose E. I know E is really awkward and strange at the end with "to some other one" but I had eliminated B and D because we use "like" to compare nouns example: "Your jacket is like mine". And we use "as" to compare actions or verbs example: "She didn't go to France, as I did". I felt that "as" should be used here and not "like".

I hope someone can clarify this point. perhaps i've got it wrong or backwards or something.
Thanks