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Embryonic Development Flashcards

1
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Parthenogenesis

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Development is initiated by the egg without fertilisation

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2
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Mus musculus

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mouse

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3
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Gallus gallus

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chick

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4
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Danio rerio

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Zebrafish

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5
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Caenorhabditis elegans

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nematode

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6
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Tribolium castaneum

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red flour beetle

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7
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Bombyx mori

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silk moth

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8
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Hox genes

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Anterior-posterior patterning

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9
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Pax6

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Eye develpment

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10
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Chordin/BMP

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Neural development

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11
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Xenopus laevis

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Clawed frog

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12
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Isolecithal eggs

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Small and have little yolk evenly disributed in cytoplasm

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Mesolecithal eggs

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Large eggs with moderate to large amounts of yolk that is localised ot one half of egg

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14
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Telolecithal eggs

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Moderate to large amounts of yolk that fill cytoplasm except for small area near animal pole

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15
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Centrolethical eggs

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Yolk concentrated in centre with a peripheral layer of yolk free periplasm

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16
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In amphibians animal hemisphere is

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darkly pigmented

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17
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In amphibians vegetal hempishere is

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lightly pigmented

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18
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Mid-piece in spermatozoa contains

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The base of the flagellum

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19
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Hydatidiform moles

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Either diploid with only male chromosomes or triploid with two copies of male chromosomes and 1 copy of female chromosomes

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20
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Egg is surrounded by a membrane known as

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Zona pellucida

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21
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Cortical reaction to fertilisastion

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Prevents polyspermy by modifying ZP3 receptor

22
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Holoblastic cleavage

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Isolecithal and some mesolethical eggs and involves complete cleavage of egg

23
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Trophoblast

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Blastomere epithelium

24
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Blastocoel

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Cavity in the centre of embryo

25
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Inner cell mass

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Small population of non-trophoblast cells found at one end of the blastocoel

26
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Morula

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After 5th horizontal cleavage 4 tiers of 8 cells

27
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Blastula

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When cleavage becomes more variable

28
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Meroblastic cleavage

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Telolecithal and centrolecithal eggs with large amounts of yolk where complete cleavage is difficult

29
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Discoidal cleavage

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Only a small yolk free portion of egg is cleaved typically at animal pole

30
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Superficial cleavage

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Male and female haploid nuclei fuse deep within yolky centre of egg where first 9 nuclear divisions occur

31
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Mid-blastula transition

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The switch from cell divisions without gap phases to ones with gap phases

32
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Gap phases

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allow genome to be transcribed and to replace maternal transcripts which are gradually destroyed

33
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Mesodermal cell types

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Connective tissue, Muscle, Dermis + subcutaneous layer Skeleton, kidneys, adrenal cortex

34
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Endodermal cell types

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G.I. tract, liver, pancreas, endocrine glands, auditory system, urinary system

35
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Ectodermal cell types

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Epidermis, nervous system, pigment cells

36
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Germinal vesicle

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Describes eggs in animal hemisphere

37
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Nodal is a TF

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required for mesoderm formation

38
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Vitellagen forms ____%

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90% of xenopus egg

39
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Brachyury

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Formed in mesoderm of all chordate embryos: early cell fate and regulate gastrulation

40
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Skeletal muscle expresses

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Myosin II, Titin, MyoD1

41
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Smooth muscle expresses

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BMP

42
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Neural plate folds _____ to form

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Neural tube

43
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Primitive node -> _______ -> _________

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Mesoderm, Neural plate

44
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Neural plate has ___________ epithelium

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

45
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Mesoderm can be induced in an isolated cap by

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Activin, Nodal , FGF4

46
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Insect eggs are held at ____ of meiosis

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Metaphase I

47
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Mammalian eggs are held at ____ then ____ of meiosis

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Prophase I then Methaphase II during ovulation

48
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Andromorphs

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Only male chromosomes: abnormal growth of placental tissues and no discernable embryo

49
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Gynomorphs

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Only female chromosomes : poorly developed placental tissue and poorly formed embryo

50
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Genetic Imprinting

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DNA + associated histone proteins are officially modified during gametogenesis so associated genes are inactive during development

51
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Disorders associated with genetic imprinting

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Angelman, Beckwith-Wiedenem, Prader-Willis, Silver-Risa

52
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Cell cycle length may be controlled by ratio

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of DNA to cytoplasm

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