What does the bicoid protein activate?
- Correct Answer: several gap genes
- spontaneous mutation
- enzyme respiration
- amino acid production
Explanation: The bicoid protein activates a number of gap genes. Bicoid encodes a homeodomain-containing transcription factor, and is expressed in a gradient within the embryo. Bicoid positions gap and pair rule gene expression along the anterior-posterior axis of the developing Drosophila embryo.
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