ICANT writes:
Is it necessary to input any other genes to get the eye to develop?
If not, would all the information needed to cause the eye to develop in the leg of the fruit fly be contained in the eyeless gene or the Small gene?
ICANT, the eyeless gene from a mouse inserted into a fruit fly produces an
insect eye. The very same mouse gene, when inserted into a spider would produce an arachnid eye. In a mouse it causes a mammal eye to develop. This tells us that other genes must be involved in the development of an eye.
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