(Solution Download) If you observed fruit flies with the following developmental abnormalities

If you observed fruit flies with the following developmental abnormalities, would you guess that a mutation has occurred in a segmentation gene or a homeotic gene? Explain your guess.
A. Three abdominal segments were missing.
B. One abdominal segment had legs.
C. A fly with the correct number of segments had two additional thoracic segments and two fewer abdominal segments.