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


B. gap

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a. acromegaly

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