Zygote + Embryo Formation Flashcards

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1
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What is a newly fertilized egg cell called?

A

A zygote

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2
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What is the zygote? (N? 2N?)

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Diploid (2N) bc 2 sets of chromosomes are being joined together

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What are the two types of fertilization? Which organisms do which?

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Internal and external. (Internal-land animals, external sea animals)

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How does external fertilization occur?

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Gametes join together outside the body of the female

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5
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How does internal fertilization occur?

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Gametes join inside the body of the female

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How many eggs/zygotes does external fertilization make use of? Why?

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Many/manyMore likely to be damaged outside

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How many eggs/zygotes does internal fertilization make use of? Why?

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Few/few,Protected by the moist internal environment of the female

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What are chromosome mutations?

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When changes occur (this is abnormal) and causing variation in the number of chromosomes (not 46)

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What is a trisomy?

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3 copies of a single chromosome (2n+1)

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10
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What does down syndrome result from?

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Trisomy of chromosome 21 (47, 21+)

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11
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How common is down syndrome?

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Average 3:1000 births, frequency increases w age of mother

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What are characteristics of down syndrome?

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Short, w small, round heads and other facial features, mental disabilities, with IQ seldom above 70, shorter life expectancy (more likely to have respiratory disease and heart defects)

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What is Klinefelter syndrome?

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Males with a trisomy of sex chromosomes (extra X chromosome)

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How common is Klinefelter Syndrome?

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1:500 male births

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Characteristics of Klinefelter Syndrome?

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Males, with male genitalia, but with underdeveloped testes that cannot produce sperm, and some female sexual development

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What female sexual development is possible in Klinefelter Syndrome?

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Enlargement of breasts, less facial hair, higher voice

17
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What is a monosomy?

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1 copy of a chromosome instead of two (2n-1)

18
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What is Turner Syndrome?

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Females, with female external genitalia, but have a monosomy of the sex chromosomes, only have one X-chromosome

19
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How common is Turner syndrome?

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1 to 3000 female births

20
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What are symptoms of turner syndrome?

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Female external genitalia but underdeveloped ovaries and other abnormalities, such as webbed neck, abnormally short, broad chest

21
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What is parthenogenesis?

A

Development of an egg cell into a mature organism without being fertilized by sperm cell

22
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Given example parthenogenesis

A

Production of male bees

23
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What are the steps of normal embryo formation

A

Fertilization, cleavage, and gastrulation

24
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What is cleavage in a zygote?

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Zygote divides many times by mitosis, forming a hollow ball with a single layer of cells called a blastula

25
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What is a blastula?

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A hollow ball with a single layer of cells formed by multiple mitosis of zygote. There is no increase in size

26
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What is gastrulation in a blastula

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One side of the blastula becomes indented, forming a gastrula

27
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What is a gastrula?

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The product of gastrulation

28
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What are the three layers of a gastrula called?

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The outer layer is called ectoderm, inner layer is called endoderm, middle layer is called mesoderm

29
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What is differentiation?

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Cells of the three layers of the gastrula differentiate, or change into various tissues and organs of the animal

30
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What is growth?

A

Increase in number and size of cells

31
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What is fertilization?

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Union of haploid sperm nucleus w haploid egg nucleus