You buy a pie that contains a swirled mixture of chocolate and vanilla filling. When you cut the pie up, you notice that some slices have more chocolate than vanilla and that other slices have more vanilla than chocolate. This uneven distribution of chocolate and vanilla is most like the uneven distribution of
A)nuclei in a zygote.
B)nuclei in an early embryo.
C)nuclei in an egg.
D)cytoplasmic determinants in a zygote.
E)cytoplasmic determinants in an early embryo.

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Cytoplasmic determinants in a zygote are unevenly distributed, similar to the uneven distribution of chocolate and vanilla in the pie.

You Buy a Pie That Contains a Swirled Mixture of Chocolate