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Drosophila Mutations Such as Bcd,if Homozygous in the Mother,produce Offspring

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Drosophila mutations such as bcd,if homozygous in the mother,produce offspring with lethal defects,no matter what the genotype of the offspring.For some other genes,the mutant phenotype can be "rescued" by introducing a wild-type allele.Why the difference?


A) Non-rescuable mutations are of paternal origin.
B) Rescuable mutations act as dominants.
C) bcd is a maternal effect mutation.
D) Rescue requires recombination between the maternal and introduced alleles.
E) bcd is a Hox gene.

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