List the stages of Drosophila development.

Q: What Proteins make up the kinetochore?

A: A chromosome is a thread like structure present within the living cells. It contains the genetic…

Q: Define the Random Monoallelic Expression: Inactivation of the X Chromosome ?

A: They were discovered in 1876. These are the tertiary structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)…

Q: Polarity of oocyte of Drosophila What is the difference between the anterior and posterior…

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: What type of epigenetic change is responsible for genomic imprinting?

A: Epigenetic refers to the patterns of inheritance that involve the alterations in characteristics…

Q: Define ‘kinetochore’. Where would one expect to find a kinetochore?

A: Chromosomes have a highly condensed form of DNA. Chromosome appears mainly at metaphase and exits at…

Q: Why is drosophila aconvenient animal for thestudy of linked genes?

A: Genetics is the branch of biology, which deals with the study of genes, their pattern of…

Q: What will be the effect on sexual development in newly fertilized Drosophila embryos if the…

A: In Drosophila, sex determination is achieved by a balance of female determinants on the X chromosome…

Q: xplain hoxA3 and HoxD3 genes are nearly equivalent yet they play distinct roles in the development…

A: Hox genes are a subset of the Homeobox family of genes, which are essential for organism development…

Q: Which of the following is an example of autonomous specification? O Multiple Drosophila nuclei…

A: Autonomous specification  Cell develop only according to early fate.  If a particular blastomere is…

Q: How have we discovered that specific genes control development in an organism like Drosophila?

A: Genetics is a branch of the biology involved in the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity…

Q: Illustrate the chromosomes in the salivary gland of Drosophila melanogaster

A: Drosophila  melanogaster have polytene chromosome in their salivary gland.

Q: What is the difference between sex determination in mammals and in Drosophila?

A: Sex determination is the process of identification of different sex that is male and female, in…

Q: Using the diagram below explain how a Drosophila bilateral gynadromorph is formed. You need to only…

A: When an organism has both male as well as female characteristics, the word "gynandromorph" is…

Q: If the HoxA3 and HoxD3 genesare equivalent, how do you suppose they can play suchdistinct roles in…

A: Gene is the structural and functional unit in the DNA. Genes are composed of nucleotide nitrogenous…