2. ChiliCheese and Stuft are two maternal gene proteins that establish the dorsa

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2. ChiliCheese and Stuft are two maternal gene proteins that establish the dorsal/ventral axis of the developing X. mutans. ChiliCheese levels are highest at the dorsal surface of the animal while Stuft is highest at the ventral surface; both proteins exist as a gradient. In X. mutans, legs typically protrude from the ventral surface while wings protrude from the dorsal surface. What physical features would you expect to see in an X. mutans individual where the Stuft expression was consistently high in both dorsal and ventral portions of the anial?Explain your answer. (K4 sentences)

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The high expression of stuft proteins in both dorsal and ventral portions will have legs protruding from dorsal surface as well as from the ventral surface. The chillisheese expression will produce wings on the dorsal sides but the higher expression of stuft will overcome the phenotypic effect of chillicheese proteins.

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