Deutrostomes (Deutro) Flashcards
What are deutrostomes a group of?
Metazoans –> means multicellular animals
What are the phyla that are Metazoa?
- Calcarea and Silicea
- Cnidaria
Protostomia: - Lophotrochozoa
- Ecdysozoa
- Deuterostomia
What are Eumetazoa?
They have 2 germ layers
What are Bilateria?
- Bilateral symmetry
- Have 3 germ layers
What are the 4 ways which Deutrostomes differentiate from Protostomes?
1 - In the way their cells cleave early on
2 - In the way their cells fate is determined
3 - In how they use their blastopore
4 - In the way they form their coelomic activity
How are the members of the Deuterostomes grouped together?
It is revealed bysimilarities in their DNA sequence that reflect evolution from a common ancestor
How does the embryo cleave in a protostome?
Spiral cleavage
How does the embryo cleave in a deutrostome?
Radial cleavage
What is spiral cleavage?
(How the protostome cleaves in a protostome)
The cleavage planes are diagonal to the vertical axis of the embryo
What is radial cleavage?
(How the deutrostome cleaves in a protostome)
Cleavage planes are parallel or perpendicular to the vertical axis of the embryo
What are the protostome embryos like in the second stage?
(Cell fate)
Most are mosaic
What are the deutrostomes embryos like in the second stage?
(Cell fate)
Most are regulative
What does it mean for protostome embryos to be mosaic?
- The developmental fate of every cell is largely PREDETERMINED/restricted
- Cleavages are said to be determinate
What does it mean for deuterostome embryos to be regulative?
- The developmental fate of every cell is NOT yet DETERMINED –> every cell can give rise to a full organism (human identical twins)
- Cell cleavages are said to be indeterminate
How does a blastula develop?
- The dividing cells first form a soling ball of cells, a morula
- Eventually a cavity develops & the ball becomes hollow - a blastula
- Eventually the blastula folds in on itself during gastrulation