If You Experimentally Delete One Somite from the Right Side

question 35

Multiple Choice

If you experimentally delete one somite from the right side of a developing chick embryo, which of the following will likely be affected in the chick when it hatches?

• A) Left region of the brain
• B) Peripheral nerves in one region on the right side
• C) Notochord in the region of the deleted somite
• D) Muscles and ribs in one region on the left side
• E) Right chambers of the heart

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