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An insect leg may change into antenna due to  mutation in

Option: 1

c-oncogene


Option: 2

v-oncogene


Option: 3

Homeotic genes


Option: 4

Proto-oncogene


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The insect leg and antenna are thought to be homologous structures, that evolved from a common ancestral appendage. The homeotic transformations of the antenna to the leg in Drosophila are produced by mutation of the Homeotic gene. Antennapedia is position-specific, such that every particular antenna structure is transformed into a specific leg counterpart. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 

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