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 Stuft is majorly in normal conditions associated in high concentration at the ventral side and the legs protrude from the ventral side. However if there is high concentration of the Stuft expression on both dorsal and ventral side, it will still produce legs only in the ventral side as the presence of ChiliCheese will mask the affect of the Stuft gene

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