Question: Explain why loss-of-function hedgehog and smoothened mutations yield the same phenotype but a loss-of-function patched mutation yields the opposite phenotype in flies.

Explain why loss-of-function hedgehog and smoothened mutations yield the same phenotype but a loss-of-function patched mutation yields the opposite phenotype in flies.

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