Researchers Were Investigating the Effects of Bicoid in Fruit Fly

Multiple Choice

Researchers were investigating the effects of bicoid in fruit fly development. The gene bicoid controls normal development of anterior structures in flies. In one experiment, they took a normally developing embryo and injected bicoid mRNA into the posterior end of the embryo. What result would they most likely observe?

A) The embryo would develop with a normal anterior end and anterior structures on the posterior end.
B) The embryo would develop with a normal posterior end and posterior structures on the anterior end.
C) The embryo would develop with anterior structures on the posterior end and posterior structures on the anterior end.
D) The embryo would develop with a normal anterior end and a normal posterior end.