Mini Quiz, pt2 Ch4,5 Flashcards
what is the signal and receptor b/w delta & notch?
delta = signal
notch = receptor
what are the three steps in differentiation of cells?
- competence
- induction
- commitment (specification, determination)
- differentiation
what is specification and what are the three types?
receiving signal, remained induced in neutral environment (no signals from anyone)
- autonomous, conditional, syncytial
what is autonomous specification?
self directed
- knows what to do when separated from its neighbors
- dependent on cytoplasmic determinants
what is conditional specification?
regulative
- dependent on it’s neighbors if it has them and lets them do some of the work
- can still differentiate by itself when separated, but deviates the work when it can
- dependent on morphogens & induction
what is syncytial specification?
- single cell with many nuclei
- not one cell talking to another
- dependent on concentration gradients
what is bicoid?
gene on anterior end of fruit fly
- head development
what is caudal?
gene that works with nanos on the posterior end
what is determination?
altered TFs (1 of the 4 maintenance processes)
- starts to actively do the signal
- remains induced even in a conflicting environment (many new signals)
what are morphogens?
molecules made in one compartment that create a diffusion gradient between the other morphogens
- in-class demonstration of red & blue dye
- THRESHOLD GRADIENT
what is the difference between a spermatid and sperm?
spermatid
- no viable for fertilization
- no tail
sperm
-tail
- went through spermiogenesis
what things are in the sperm head?
acrosomal vesicle
cell membrane
nucleus
what things are in the midpiece of sperm?
centriole
mitochondria
what things are in the endpiece?
tail
function of the acrosomal vesicle
bag of enzymes that sperm uses to pierce through the oocyte jelly coat (zona pellucida)
function of the centriole
organize the chromosomes and axoneme (microtubules down the tail)
when do sea urchins complete oocyte meiosis?
before fertilization
why aren’t sea urchins good to study?
they don’t survive when trying to reproduce
- unable to follow generations
why do we study sea urchin early embryo development?
finish meiosis
laid so they aren’t in the fallopian tube (external fertilization)
transparent egg and embryo
gametes huge in numbers
easy to see fertilization under lab conditions
what teathers the plasma membrane of a sea urchin oocyte?
vitelline envelope
what is the cortical granule of a sea urchin?
underneath the plasma MB and contains components that react to the sperm when the sperm hits
- mucopolysaccharides, enzymes (cut tethers, new MB)
what is the cumulus?
in mammalian eggs
- contains support / nurse / granulosa / follicle cells
- becomes the corpus lutem (hormones)
what are three problems with external fertilization?
diluted in entire ocean (species not close to eachother)
fertilize wrong species
multiple fertilization (many heads contact egg)