Maternal Effect Genes

question 115

Multiple Choice

Maternal effect genes

• A) begin setting up positional axes in the egg prior to fertilization.
• B) are the same as segmentation genes.
• C) are masked by paternal genes.
• D) operate late in the gene cascade regulating development of Drosophila embryos.
• E) determine cell fate within each segment.

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