Which outcome prevents complete wing transformation during a partial insect metamorphosis?

💡 Explanation

Incomplete wing formation stems from precocene disrupting corpora allata function altering the normal hormonal balance; this prevents activation of competent imaginal disc cells, because the necessary signal cascade is incomplete, therefore metamorphosis is stalled, rather than proceeding normally.

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