If you shift the position of a fruit fly egg relative to the follicle cells as the egg is developing in the ovary,you can expect that the
A) egg will lack a chorion when it is ovulated.
B) anterior-posterior axis of the future embryo will be shifted.
C) egg will not be released.
D) gray crescent will form in an abnormal place at fertilization.
E) sperm will not be able to find the egg after ovulation.

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Shifting the position of the egg during development can alter the orientation of the egg, which can result in a shift in the anterior-posterior axis of the embryo that develops from it. This can have significant developmental effects. The other answer choices are not likely to be affected by shifting the egg's position in this way.

If You Shift the Position of a Fruit Fly Egg