When an embryo is homozygous mutant for the gap gene Kr, the fourth and fifth stripes of the pair-rule gene ftz (counting from the anterior end) do not form normally. When the gap gene kni is mutant, the fifth and sixth ftz stripes do not form normally. Explain these results in regard to how segment number is established in the embryo

When an embryo is homozygous mutant for the gap gene Kr, the fourth and fifth stripes of the pair-rule gene ftz (counting from the anterior end) do not form normally. When the gap gene kni is mutant, the fifth and sixth ftz stripes do not form normally. Explain these results in regard to how segment number is established in the embryo

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Chapter17: Developmental Genetics

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