Mutations Like Bithorax, Where a Second Pair of Wings Develops

question 13

Essay

Mutations like bithorax, where a second pair of wings develops in the place of halteres, give clues to the evolutionary origin of differentiated structures. What inferences might you draw from bithorax, or antennapedia?

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