Embryology Flashcards
When do dermal ridges form on the palms and soles of the fetus?
Weeks 13-19
Define induction
The process whereby one group of cells or tissues causes another set of cells or tissues to change their fate.
- Important for embryologic formation of organs
- Happens mostly through cell-cell signaling through either secreted molecules (paracrine) or direct cell-cell interactions (juxtacrine)
Name 4 classes of GDFs (growth and differentiation factors) that are important for cell-cell signaling during embryologic development.
Secreted, diffusible molecules involved in cell-cell signaling
- Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs)
- WNT
- Hedgehog
- Transforming Factor Beta (TGFB)
Define fibroblast growth factors
=family of proteins that are involved in cell-cell signaling during development
- secreted proteins that bind to fibroblast growth factor receptors on various cells to activate various pathways
- 25 genes with hundreds of different isoform FGF proteins generated by alternative RNA splicing
- Can act on different pathways for different specific developmental events
Name the 3 hedgehog genes
- Desert
- Indian
- Sonic hedgehog (SHH)
These are secreted proteins that are involved in cell-cell signaling. SHH binds to a receptor called Patched which binds to a protein (smoothened or SMO). Once SHH binds, inhibition on SMO released and SHH signal transduced
Name 3 embryologic roles of FGFs.
Not limited to but includes:
- angiogenesis
- Axon growth
- mesoderm differentiation
Name 4 embryologic roles of SHH
- limb patterning
- neural tube induction and patterning
- somite differentiation
- gut regionalizations
The receptors of the WNT proteins are in the _______ family of proteins.
frizzled
Name 4 embryologic roles of WNT proteins.
- regulating limb patterning
- midbrain development
- somite differentiation
- urogenital differentiation
What 3 classes of proteins are all a part of the TGF Beta superfamily?
- TGFBs
- bone morphogenic proteins
- Mullerian inhibiting facor
The period between two successive mitoses is called _________.
=interphase
- cell spends most of its life here.
- made up of G1, S, and G2 phases
What is the stage that cells are in immediately after mitosis?
=G1
- 1 diploid copy of the genome
- no DNA synthesis
- Amount of time a cell spends in this part of the cycle varies by the type of cell and whether or not there is damage to the cell
What are the 4 phases of the cell cycle?
1-3=interphases
- G1
- S
- G2
- M (mitosis)
What happens during S phase of the cell cycle?
S=synthesis
-Replication of each chromosome ->form 2 sister chromatids connected by a centromere
Name the 5 stages of mitosis
- Prophase
- Prometaphase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
What is prophase?
=first step in mitosis
- condensation of the chromosomes
- formation of mitotic spindle
- formation of centrosomes
What is prometaphase?
=second step in mitosis
- nuclear envelope dissolves
- chromosomes attach to mitotic spindle
What is metaphase?
=3rd step in mitosis
- state where chromosomes are maximally condensed
- chromosomes line up at equatorial plane of the cell
What is anaphase?
=4th step in mitosis
- sister chromatids separate -> 2 independent daughter chromosomes
- daughter chromosomes move to opposite poles of the cell after they separate
What is telophase?
=5th and final step in mitosis
- 2 separate sets of daughter chromosomes, one at each pole of the cell
- chromosomes decondense
- nuclear membrane reforms
- cleavage of the cytoplasm into 2 daughter cells
What happens in meiosis I?
- number of chromosomes in each daughter cell is reduced by half because the homologous chromosomes are split up and one homologue in each pair goes into a different daughter cell
- genetic recombination also occur
What is meiotic crossing over? When does it occur?
=homologous segments of DNA are swapped between the chromosome pair
- ensures that none of the gametes will be identical to one another
- occurs during Meiosis I
True or false: the original sets of maternal and paternal chromosomes are maintained after meiosis.
False: the 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes assort independently into a random combination
-there are 2^23 different configurations of chromosome pairs
When does meiotic crossing over occur?
Meiosis I