Pax6 is a gene that is involved in mammalian eye development. Mutations in this gene result in a lack of iris in humans, and mice that are homozygous for the mutation lack eyes completely. Mutations in the eyeless gene in the fruitfly Drosophila result in reduced eyes. Expressing Pax6 from mammals in other tissues of Drosophila during its embryonic development can result in an ectopic eye (e.g. an eye expressed in a different tissue type). An example of an ectopic eye on the antenna of Drosophila is shown below. Part A:  The eye of humans, mouse, and fly are an example of the following (check all that apply)  A. Structural analog    B. Structural homolog    C. Developmental homolog    D. Genetic homolog   Part B:  Darwin's hypothesis of natural selection has two components: Species are not static but change through time Species are related, and not independent. In what ways does the human, mouse, and fly eye support or contradict one or both of the two components of Darwin's hypothesis?

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Pax6 is a gene that is involved in mammalian eye development. Mutations in this gene result in a lack of iris in humans, and mice that are homozygous for the mutation lack eyes completely. Mutations in the eyeless gene in the fruitfly Drosophila result in reduced eyes. Expressing Pax6 from mammals in other tissues of Drosophila during its embryonic development can result in an ectopic eye (e.g. an eye expressed in a different tissue type). An example of an ectopic eye on the antenna of Drosophila is shown below.

Part A: 

The eye of humans, mouse, and fly are an example of the following (check all that apply)

 A. Structural analog  
 B. Structural homolog  
 C. Developmental homolog  
 D. Genetic homolog

 

Part B: 

Darwin's hypothesis of natural selection has two components:

  1. Species are not static but change through time
  2. Species are related, and not independent.

In what ways does the human, mouse, and fly eye support or contradict one or both of the two components of Darwin's hypothesis?

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