Question

What is the function of the bicoid gene?

Answer 1

Bicoid is a maternal effect gene whose protein concentration gradient patterns the anterior - posterior axis during Drosophila embryogenesis.

Explanation:

Bicoid protein gradient formation is one of the earliest steps in fruit fly embryo anterior - posterior patterning.

Bicoid is one of few proteins which binds both DNA and RNA . It regulates the transcription of RNA and the translation of DNA.