Question

In a species of Drosophila, developing larva have special proteins in their epithelial cells. These proteins bind to a certain repressor in the larva's cells, which ultimately causes a dark pigment to be produced. What would you expect if scientists purposely injected a developing larva with an excess of these proteins?

Answer 1

The larva gets dark pigment.

Step-by-step explanation:

If scientists purposely injected an excess concentration of these proteins in the larva, the larva gets deep dark colour because this protein is responsible for the pigment colour in the larva of Drosophila. By increasing the protein concentration the pigment will also have a very dark colour. So we can conclude from this that increasing the amount of protein causes increase in the pigment colour.