Applied Devo

Which of the following is not the holometabolous insects?

• Butterflies

• Beetles

• Grasshoppers

• Fruit flies

What is the nutrient source of the developing embryo?

• Yolk

• Cytoplasm

• Vitelline membrane

• Chorion

Which of the following is the maternal effect gene?

• huckebein

• fushi tarazu

• wingless

• bicoid

The second thoracic segment produces a pair of legs and a pair of halteres.

• True

• False

What gene is specifically stabilized at the posterior end of the embryo?

• bicoid

• hunchback

• nanos

• caudal