Mice That Are Homozygous Mutant for Small Eyes/Pax6 Completely Lack

question 9

Multiple Choice

Mice that are homozygous mutant for Small eyes/Pax6 completely lack eyes. If you were to express the fly Eyeless gene in the eye primordia of a mouse embryo during development, you would expect to see mice with:

• A) no eyes.
• B) mouse eyes in the appropriate location.
• C) fly-like compound eyes in the appropriate location.
• D) extra mouse eyes growing in other parts of their bodies.
• E) extra fly-like compound eyes growing in other parts of their bodies.