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M2. development of xenopus laevis Flashcards

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the vertebrate body plan

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-similar basic body plan

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vertebral column

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segmented backbone surrounding the spinal cord

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anterior-posterior axis

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  • head - trunk - tail

- head end enclosed in a skull (bone or cartilage)

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dorsal-ventral axis

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  • spinal cord (d)

- mouth (v)

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bilateral symmetry

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dorsal midline

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phylotypic stage

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-all chordate embryos pass through the phylotypic stage
(embryos are similar in appearance)
-common features : head, notochord, neural tube (earliest appearance of nervous system), somites (blocks of mesoderm)

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all vertebrate embryos undergo a similar pattern of development

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  • gametogenesis
  • fertilization
  • cleavage
  • gastrulation
  • notochord formation
  • neurulation
  • somitogenesis
  • organogenesis
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cleavage

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earliest cell division, rapid cell division through which embryo becomes divided into smaller cells

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gastrulation

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dynamic process through three germ layeter (ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm) organize themselves

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notochord formation

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column of mesoderm located just ventral to neural tube

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neurulation

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formation of the neural tube - precursor to nerve cord

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somitogenesis

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formation of regularly spaced blocks of mesoderm (somites) flaking notochord that give rise to skeleton and muscle

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organogenesis

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development of organs

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model amphibian embryo: xenopus laevis

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  • basis for what we know about early development of the embryo
  • embryos are large (scaled bar 0.5mm) - allowed for dissection of the early embryo
  • dissected tissues easy to culture
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xenopus laevis: egg

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  • egg has a distinct polarity –> animal to vegetal axis (bar 1mm)
  • dark pigmented animal region and heavier yolk vegetal region
  • sperm enters animal region
  • zygote is diploid (2N)
  • first cleavage along animal -vegetal axis
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xenopus blastulation: cleavage of the embryo to form blastomeres

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  • first cleavage along A/V axis, divides egg in left -right
  • second cleavage 90 degrees to first cleavage
  • third cleavage equatorial and asymmetric - four small animal and four small vegetal cells, eight total blastomeres
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blastula

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germ layers start to form
(ectoderm, endoderm, mesoderm)

an animal embryo at the early stage of development when it is a hollow ball of cells.

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blastula stage :

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  • reached after 12 divisions (~4096 cells)
  • has radial symmetry (ie. no visible sign of A/P or D/V axis)
  • has blastocoel
  • marginal zone
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blastocoel

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a fluid filled cavity in animal region

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marginal zone

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equatorial ring around embryo separating animal and vegetal region

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ectoderm

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animal region- epidermis and nervous system

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mesoderm

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marginal zone - muscle, bone, blood, heart

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endoderm

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vegetal zone - intestine , lungs, liver, pancreas

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xenopus laevis : gastrulation

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the morphogenic process occurring in three dimensions where endoderm and mesoderm are internalized
-blastopore

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blastopore

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small slit like in folding of marginal zone on dorsal side, site of embryonic organizer (i.e. Spemann-Mangold organizer)
-organized dorsal development and antero-posterior axis

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gastrula mesoderm and endoderm

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enter blastopore and migrate (via involution) to the future anterior of the embryo
-first tissues to enter the embryo are most anterior

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involution

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germ layer migrate as a coherent sheet of cells

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gastrula : ventral and dorsal

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ventral side initiates involution after dorsal side - delayed but similar cell movement occur on ventral side

  • epiboly
  • all three layers change shape and elongate
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epiboly

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ectoderm spreads to cover embryo

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gastrula: archentron

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a second cavity forms during gastrulation (future gut cavity) –> blastocoel reduces in size
-mesoderm and endoderm spread to the left and right of the midline

-lateral mesoderm spreads ventrally to cover inside of archenteron

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late gastrulation

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  • blastopore closed (future anus)
  • the mesoderm contacts both the ectoderm and endoderm along the antero -posterior axis
  • mesoderm is patterned along its antero-posterior axis via the action of the organizer
  • ectoderm covers embryo
  • yolk cells remain as food source
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neurulation

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  • dorsal mesoderm starts to develop into notochord (rod along dorsal midline) and somites (segmented blocks of mesoderm along notochord)
  • lateral mesoderm (lateral plate mesoderm) will form mesoderm derived organs (i.e. heart (A) kidneys (P))
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neurulation: neurula stage

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formation of the neural tube (precursor to central nervous system)

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neurulation: nerual plate

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is the ectoderm located above notochord and somites

  • edge of the neural plate forms neural folds which rise towards midline and fuse to form neural tube
  • the neural tubes sinks below epidermis
  • the anterior neural tube becomes brain- middle and posterior neural tube becomes spinal cord
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early tail bud stage: dorsal part of somites

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become dermatome (future dermis)

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early tail bud stage : ventral somite

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becomes vertebrae, trunk and limb muscles

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early tail bud stage : lateral plate mesoderm

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heart, kidney, gonads and gut muscles

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early tail bud stage: ventral mesoderm blood

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forming tissues

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early tail bud stage : endoderm

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lining of the intestine, liver, pancreas, and lungs

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early tail bud stage: after neurulation

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neural tube closure, the tail bud stage occurs

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early tail bud stage: the brain

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anterior neural tube, is divided into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain

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early tail bud stage: organogenesis initiates

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eyes and ears start to develop

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early tail bud stage: three branchial arches form

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form jaws and bones of the face

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early tail bud stage: neural crest cells

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come from the edges of the neural folds after neural tube fusion
-they detach and migrate as single cells b/w the mesodermal tissues to become the sensory and autonomic nervous system pigment cells and some cartilage of skull

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