Use the Following Information to Answer the Following Questions

question 35

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the following questions.
In Drosophila after ~100 minutes postfertilization, the embryo looks like the following diagram, with all nuclei having moved to the periphery and, subsequently, four of the nuclei being sequestered at the posterior end.

Drosophila embryo after about 2 hours.
-The developmental stages described for Drosophila illustrate

• A) a hierarchy of gene expression.
• B) homeotic developmental control.
• C) the blockage of cell-to-cell communication.
• D) homeotic developmental control and the blockage of cell-to-cell communication.
• E) a hierarchy of gene expression and the blockage of cell-to-cell communication.

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