As a Drosophila larva molts and becomes a pupa, most of the larval tissues die and adult structures are formed from cells in clusters known as imaginal discs that have remained unchanged throughout the larval stages

Therefore, the disc cells are __________. A) maternal
B) zygotic
C) embryonal
D) differentiated
E) transcriptionally activated


C

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____________________ Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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