a.
To determine:
The results that would be expected if a laser is used to destroy one of the four cells of the embryos of early C. elegans and early mouse.
Introduction:
The model organisms are non-human species that help researchers to understand biological processes. They are generally easy to cultivate and rapidly produce a large number of progenies.
b.
To determine:
The results that might be expected if the four cells of the embryo are separated from each other and allowed to develop.
Introduction:
Organisms may use different strategies to accomplish the same developmental goal. For example, early C. elegans embryos show mosaic determination and early mouse embryos show regulative determination.
c.
To determine:
The multicellular organism exhibit countless strategies for development during the course of evolution. It creates a difference between mosaic and regulative determination patterns of development.
Introduction:
The model organism is easy to grow, and they quickly give birth to a large number of progenies. Therefore, geneticists can find rare mutations and study their behavior through successive generations.
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