What essential information does the product of the bicoid gene in Drosophila provide during development?
A) orientation of the dorsal-ventral axis
B) orientation of the left-right axis
C) segmentation
D) orientation of the anterior-posterior axis

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The bicoid gene in Drosophila provides essential information for the orientation of the anterior-posterior axis during development. It is responsible for defining the head and thorax of the fly.

What Essential Information Does the Product of the Bicoid Gene