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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 16. The Genetic Basis of Development A homeotic mutation that alters the basic Drosophila body plan. Homeosis is the replacement of one body part by another. In place of the normal antennae (shown at the top), an Antennapedia mutation causes the antennal precursor cells to develop into a leg. (F. R. Turner/BPS)

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