In your Drosophila laboratory, you find a larva that is missing segments Lb, T1, T2, and T3. This larva probably has a mutation in a ________ gene.

A. gap or segment-polarity
B. segment-polarity
C. gap
D. maternal effect
E. pair-rule


Answer: C

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