How will the expression of hunchback protein be affected during embryonic development in female fruit flies with three or four copies of the bicoid gene?

• A. Hunchback expression would be completely suppressed.
• B. Hunchback expression would be unchanged.
• C. Hunchback expression would be expanded along the anterior-posterior axis.
• D. Hunchback expression would be reduced in the anterior region but increased in the posterior region.

Answer: (C)