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#Question id: 7141


Engrailed comes to be expressed in posterior compartments during Drosophila embryogenesis; what is the consequence of engrailed activation of hedgehog (Hh) signaling from the posterior compartment of the wing disc?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. Hh activates decapentaplegic (Dpp) signaling at the compartment boundary; Dpp then acts as a morphogen to pattern the development of veins in the wing blade.
  2. Hh signaling from the posterior compartment specifies the adjacent compartment as an anterior compartment.
  3. Hh signaling in the posterior compartment acts as a morphogen to pattern the posterior portion of the wing.
  4. Hh signaling controls the identity of the Imaginal discs, in this case, specifying the disc as the wing disc.