(a)
To determine: The definition of zygotic genes and the time during which their gene products are made.
Introduction: The life cycle of Drosophila lasts for 10 days only. The developmental process in Drosophila are controlled by maternal effect genes. During the initial development, the regulation of transcription is done by maternal effect genes.
(b)
To determine: The
Introduction: During the developmental process, cells achieve a variety of structural and function specializations. This results in differential gene expression. Developmental processes are controlled by the cascade of gene expression.
(c)
To determine: Whether the maternal genotype contains zygotic genes.
Introduction: Differential gene expression is observed in the case of different developmental processes. These developmental processes are regulated by genes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level.
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