In Drosophila, a bicoid egg
A) will develop into a larva with two heads.
B) will develop into an adult without a head or a thorax.
C) will develop into an embryo without a head or thorax region.
D) has two nuclei.
E) will not develop into a syncytium.

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A bicoid egg in Drosophila results in an embryo lacking the head and thorax regions because the bicoid gene is crucial for the anterior development of the embryo.

In Drosophila, a Bicoid Egg