If a mutation disables larval-expressed caspase production, what altered outcome impacts imaginal disc development?

💡 Explanation

When larval caspase production is disabled via mutation, the normal programmed cell death that sculpts imaginal discs is reduced because caspases mediate apoptosis. Therefore reduced programmed cell death limits growth of specific larval structures, rather than faster growth cycles or induced differentiation which require functional caspases.

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