BIOMG 1350 – Final Questions with Complete Solutions

bicoid Correct Answer-these genes encode cytoplasmic determinants in the anterior tip of the embryo syncytial blastoderm Correct Answer-the stage of embryonic development during which bicoid expression is significantly reduced syncytial blastoderm Correct Answer-stage of embryonic development in which nuclei move to the periphery of the cell, forming a single layer, with each nuclei barely separated from its neighbors cellular blastoderm Correct Answer-stage of embryonic development after cellularization and before gastrulation bicoid Correct Answer-encodes a transcriptional activator that functions as a cytoplasmic determinant and acts as a morphogen gradient pair-rule Correct Answer-mutations of these genes result in every other segment being missing segment polarity Correct Answer-mutations of these genes result in missing half-segments or segments that are duplicated in reverse polarity pair-rule Correct Answer-genes expresse