Assignment task: In flies, the maternal effect genes set up the anterior-posterior axis of the embryo. What part of the embryo would you predict to be missing if the embryo's mother is heterozygous for the bicoid mutation, and the embryo itself is homozygous for the bicoid mutation.
A. Posterior segments associated with the abdomen.
B. Anterior segments associated with the head.
C. Anterior segments associated with the abdomen.
D. Posterior segments associated with the head.
E. All of the segments associated with the head and abdomen.
F. None of the segments associated with the head or abdomen.