Lecture 37 Flashcards

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Summarize using p element

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inverted repeats flank transposase
Reporter gene = lacz, gfp
selection gene, eg w+, also changes fly eye colour to red
inject into germ cells and integrates
some have inetgrated transopases = sign = red eyes = …look for transgenic flies with a specific phenotype

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describe gene trap - detailed

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interrupts gene causes lof
inserts a reporter that can be used to visualize where gene expressed
usually combined with a genetic screen to provide additional info

enhancer regulate expression, inserted and spliced in to gene, fusion protein, shows where its expressed

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describe enhancer trap - detailed

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used to identify enhancers that promote gene expression in a specific cell type
inserted dna does not need to land inside a gene (has its own promoter)

own promotyer = can land wherever just not inside gene, enhancer turns on = enhance activity, coloured now

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how does a single become an organized and functional organism

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3 basic concepts =
cell proliferation
cell differentiation = one cell to diff types
cell morphogenesis = move around and makes shapes
all 3 happen at same time

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5
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describe first days of mammalian development

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fetilize then grows, major ega, compaction, cavitation, cells can become anything, early blastocyst (inner cell mass and cavity), trophectoderm = from inner cell mass–>epiblast and primitive endoderm, not totipotent, late blastocyte, expansion and hatching, implantation = now = implantation and development = limit for in vitro culture

ega = maternal degrades and then starts zygotic - zygotic or embryonic genome activation, e1.5 mouse and e4.0, humans
compaction = increae adhesion
Cavitation = blastocel formation, helps so h2o wont leak and pumps h2o in

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what guides early differentiation

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cell position

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describe cell contact and growth - specific ex

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trophectoderm becomes placenta, inner cell mass becomes humans

no cell contact = one layer just facing fluid and not cell
- f actin accumulates, exposed outer membrane, binds kinases so wont phosphorylate = turns on genes for trophectoderm differentiation

cell cell contact = surrounded
- inside cell, lats1/2 –> yap wwtr, lats phosphorylated by kinase so doesnt go into nucleus, doesnt turn on genes for trophectoderm differentiation

activates changes in hippo signalling pathway

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what does epiblast udergo

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Gastrulation
can make any cell in body
restricts cell potency

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9
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describe parts of gastrulating epiblast

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primitive streak = site of gastrulation
Ectoderm
mesoderm - down further migrating cells - migrate down
makes endoderm

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what does gastrulation generate

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3 embryonic germ layers

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name and describe 3 embryonic germ layers

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ectoderm = outer layer, cns, neural crest
mesoderm = middle layer, dorsal, head, lateral, paraxial, intermediate, muscle, blood, bones
endoderm - internal layer, gut and lungs, digestive tube, pharynx, respiratory tube

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what does gastrulation also establish and describe

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3 main body axes
anterior posterior
ventral dorsal
right left
right organs in right spots
head and brain = anterior, form, no streak
primitive streak = towards posterior end
dorsal = top, ventral = down below endoderm
once have layers = organogenesis, makes organs, in right place

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what is anterior posterior patterning controlled by and describe

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Genetically controlled
Forward genetic screen
Mutation of ultrabithorax (ubx) casues a homeotic transformation = loss of ubx - misisng haltere, but double wing, gain of ubx = opp
ubx expressed in specific region - makes halteres here, so fluorescnce in sit hybridization = reocgnize mrna

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what do hox genes control and describe

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anterior posterior patterning
drifted loss
transcription factors important for patterning
Conserved between animals
each expressed in specific places

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15
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what do mice use

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Mice use the same genetic strategy to pattern the A-P axis

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16
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describe how mice pattern ap axis

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Overexpression of hoxa10 in all vertebrates = gof, gene important for fate of patterning of vertebrate, all vertebrae become lumbar - THORACIC gone
LOF - loss of hoxa10 in all vertebrae = all lumber transformed to thoracic - lumbar and sacral become thoracic
cells need to remember which way is up!

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how is ap axis reflected in individual cells and explains

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through planar cell polarity
mouse hair follicles = form late but need info on ap axis, transfers global ap info to spatial info at level of individual cells
if pcp mutant = lead to crazy hairs
planar cell polarity components, pathway
anterior = proximal/anterior, van gogh/strabismus, prickle
posterior = distal/posterior, frizzled, disheveled, diego

18
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what does neural tube give rise to

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cns
buds off to brain and cns dorsal ventral patterning essential to build neural circuits
sensory info –> dorsal root ganglion
interneurons
motor neurons - ventral
need to know which is WHICH

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what are morphogens

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Diffusible signals that exert graded effects

20
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describe morphogens

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source of morphogens = group of cells, secrete stuff into cells, makes gradient, high = activates certain things, concentration corresponds to certain thing
ex = sonic hedgehog (shh), BMP, TGFBETA, Fgf, Wnt
morphogens in neural tube - bmp dorsal and shh ventral, secreted from foreplate and structure below = nodochord, Ventral

21
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what is neural tube patterned by and explain

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dorsal bmp and ventral shh
diff tfs turned on
neural tube forms precursors and diff types of neurons

22
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are the same signals used more than one in development and explain why

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yesss, same signals are endlessly used and reused
same signalling pathway used again and again
combinatorial signalling = many diff combos of signals, lead t diff cell fates
cellular memory= 2 diff fates, responds to same signal in diff way, usually due to diff in chromatin organization - epigenetic status

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what do later stages of development involve

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significant growth
cells get bigger, makes more and stops cell death
lats 1/2 –> yap tf = leads to myc (growth), cyclin e (division), diap and bantam (survival) and moves into nucleus and causes tissue growth = embryo formed and now controls proliferation instead of cell fate
if yap overactive = huge mouse liver, important for cancer
if yap overactive in fly head = cells proliferate like crazy and cause messed up eye