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#Question id: 7021


The tracheal (respiratory) system in Drosophila embryos develops from epithelial sacs. The approximately 80 cells in each of these sacs become reorganized into primary, secondary, and tertiary branches without any cell division or cell death. This reorganization is initiated when nearby cells secrete a protein called Branchless, which acts as a:

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. Chemorepulsive
  2. Chemoattractant
  3. Morphogen

  4. Oncogenic factors