Developmental bio - names of organisms Flashcards
1
Q
arabidopis
A
thale cress
lil grass lookin thing
adv:
- small, easy to grow
- short generation
- flowering plant
- good image
- genetics
- sequenced genome
- allows transgenesis
2
Q
dictyostelium
A
slime mould idek man
the thing that was similar to phagocytosis
chemotaxis
genetics
multicellularity
good imagin
sequenced genome
transgenesis
shows social behaviour, cheating and altruism
3
Q
hydra
A
cnidarian
jellyfish ting
- small, easy to grow
- sexual and asexual redroduction
- high regenerative capacity
- metazoans (animals)
- radial symmetry
- diploblastic(have an ectoderm and endoderm)
4
Q
planaria
A
flatworms
- have adult stem cells
- sexual and asexual reproduc
- bilateral symmetry
- triploblastic (ecto, meso and endoderm)
5
Q
caenorhabditis
A
nematode worm
- short gen time
- hermaphrodites
- genetics and transgenesis
- sequenced genomes
- lineage of all cells known
- good imaging
6
Q
drosophila
A
fruit fly
- short generation time
- sequenced genome
- transgenesis
- imaging
7
Q
parhyale
A
amphipod crustacean
blue cockaroach lookin thing
- short generation time
- sequenced genome
- high regenerative capacity
- transgenesis
- transparent - good for imaging
8
Q
strongylocentrotus
A
sea urchin
- imagin
- transparent embryos
9
Q
ciona
A
sea squirt
- imaging
- sequenced genome
- transgenesis
- basal chordate
10
Q
danio
A
zebrafish
- sequenced genome
- imaging
- transparent embryos
- regeneration capacity
- vertebrate
11
Q
xenopus
A
frog
- embryos produced in large numbers and develop externally
- fast development
- transparent tadpoles
- easy to perform transplantations
- transgenic
- regeneration capacity
12
Q
gallus
A
chick
- tranplantation experiments
- sequenced genome
- imaging
13
Q
mus
A
mouse
- strong genetics
- mammal
- sequenced genome
- pluripotent embryonic stem cells
14
Q
homo
A
humans
sequenced genome
indicued pluripotent embryonic stem cells
mammals
