Development

Question 1

important concepts of embryonic development (4)

Answer 1

universal mechanisms of animal development
proteins can be substituted across species
inductive signaling
regional determination

Question 2

regional determination

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once a tissue reaches a certain point in its developmental process, its destined to be that tissue

Question 3

signal proteins that are used over and over again as inducers in animal development (5)

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receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)
TGFB superfamily
Wnt
Hedgehog
Notch

Question 4

proteins can be substituted across

Answer 4

species

Question 5

multicellular organisms are enriched in

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proteins mediating cell interactions and gene regulation

Question 6

regulatory DNA defines the

Answer 6

development program

Question 7

inductive signaling (4)

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cell-cell signaling
cell signaling cascades
acts over great distances
starting point (cell or cell cluster)

Question 8

in inductive signaling, cells that are close get

Answer 8

a higher concentration of signal than those further away

Question 9

in inductive signaling, cells directed to new

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developmental pathway

Question 10

sequential induction

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initial induction induces changes to cells which induce changes to more cells, etc

Question 11

pre-somitic mesoderm from a thoracic vertebrae-forming region in transplanted from a state 10 chick embryo into the cervical region of a state 8 embryo

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skeleton of recipient embryo at 9 days shows cervical vertebrae developing as thoracic vertebrae

Question 12

what are the four essential processes by which an embryo is constructed?

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cell proliferation
cell specialization
cell interaction
cell movement

Question 13

— — vary greatly across the animal kingdom

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gestational periods

Question 14

patterning

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cells produced by cleavage get organized into layers and groups of cell masses through gastrulation

Question 15

patterning needs to occur in - dimensions

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3

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what are the 3 dimensions of patterning

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anterior-posterior (top to bottom)
dorsal-ventral (left-right)
proximal-distal (front-back)

Question 17

differentiation

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cells begin to form specific and specialized structures

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growth

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cell divisions that form more cells with identical functions as the parental cell

Question 19

paradigm of development

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in every species and at every level of organization, complex structures are made by repeating a few basic themes with variations

Question 20

similarities in embryos if different species provides evidence of

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common ancestor
(patterns of embryo development are also important)

Question 21

primitive streak

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forms as an influx of cells into the interior to form the 3 cell layers (mesoderm, endoderm, ectoderm)

Question 22

neural crest cells

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embryonic cell population that is localized between the developing neural tube and the non-neural ectoderm. (there are also adult neural crest cells like cells that have been identified in many tissues)

Question 23

some neural crest cell exhibit “—” in that they can give rise to multiple differentiated cell types

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stemness

Question 24

in the formation of the crainofacial structures (and many other structures) the neural crest cells migrate through

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restricted pathways to form the developing structures

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cell migration is a tightly regulated process and the NCCs receive cues such as

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morphogens and growth factors that restrict their movement and determine fate

Question 26

segmental plate mesoderm gives rise to

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epithelial somites

Question 27

epithelial somites give rise to (2)

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dermamyotome

sclerotome

Question 28

dermamyotome gives rise to (2)

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dermatome

myotome

Question 29

hierarchical gene control

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coordinate genes
gap genes 
air rule genes
segment polarity genes
homeotic selector genes 
other genes

Question 30

homeosis

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replacement of one body part with another

Question 31

ed lewis reasoned that these were genes responsible for

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establishing the fate of individual segments

Question 32

gene products are

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gene regulatory proteins

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all contain a highly conserved

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DNA binding homeodomain sequence of 60 amino acids

Question 34

the corresponding segment in the 180 bp DNA sequence is called a

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homeobox

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how genes are interspersed among large stretches of

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regulatory DNAregions

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how genes are expressed — according to their order in the hot complex

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sequentially

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how complex carries a permanent record of

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positional information

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there are hundreds of other homeobox genes in the genome, bu they are

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scattered and not cluster in complexes

Question 39

pattern of gene expression of each gene follows

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head to tail and order on chromosomes

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a homeobox code drives

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tooth formation

Question 41

when does cleft lip and palate occur?

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early in fetal development. in humans, the lip forms between the 4th and 7th week of pregnancy and the palate forms between weeks 6 and 9

Question 42

formation of the craniofacial structures in early development requires the proper migration of

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neural crest cells and their differentiation

Question 43

there are universal mechanisms of development that are essentially used by

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all animals, including invertebrates

Question 44

the complexity of animals is a function of the

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gene expression control systems that drives development

Question 45

multicellular organisms are enriched in proteins that (2)

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mediate cell-cell interactions and control gene expression

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cells in the adult organism retain a record of

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signals they received in early embryonic development, which is necessary. for them to maintain their specialized characteristics