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6311653965asexual reproduction-produces clones, offspring genetically identical to the parent cell.0
6311653966advantages of asexual reproduction-enables animals living in isolation to reproduce -can create numerous offspring quickly -no expenditure of energy maintaining reproductive systems or hormonal cycles -advantageous when the environment is stable because offspring are identical to parents1
6321377131disadvantage of asexual reproductionthe entire population or species may be wiped out if the environment changes2
6321382363fissiondivision of an organism into 2 cells; ex: amoeba3
6321385783buddingsplitting off of new individuals from existing ones; ex: hydra4
6321389265fragmentation or regenerationwhen a single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into new individuals; ex: sponges, sea stars5
6321394221parthenogenesis-the development of an egg without fertilization -the resulting adult is haploid; ex: honeybees and some lizards6
6321400292sexual reproductionoffspring are the products of two parents and might be better able than their parents to survive in a changing environment7
6321405970advantage of sexual reproduction-greater variation among offspring due to recombination of alleles8
6321413336disadvantage of sexual reproduction-organism must find a mate -great expenditure of energy maintaining reproductive systems and hormonal cycle9
6321418409cleavage-rapid mitotic division of the zygote that begins immediately after fertilization -ends in the formation of the blastula10
6321425615gastrulation-process that involves rearrangement of the blastula and begins with the formation of the blastopore -ends in the formation of 3 differentiated layers called embryonic germ layers: ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm -the archenteron develops during this stage11
6321434752blastoporean opening in the blastula12
6321437114archenteronprimitive gut13
6321439346organogenesis-process by which cells continue to differentiate, producing organs from 3 embryonic germ layers -in chordates, the first organs to form the notochord and neural tube14
6321982824embryo and embryonic germ layersIncludes: -notochord -coelom -endoderm -neural tube -mesoderm -ectoderm15
6321980805notochord-part of the chordate embryo -skeletal rod characteristic of all chordates16
6321991598coelom-part of the chordate embryo -body cavity; provides space for complex organ systems17
6321994307endoderm-part of the chordate embryo -will give rise to the digestive system18
6321998129neural tube(spinal cord)-part of the chordate embryo -will give rise to the nervous system19
6322001202mesoderm-part of the chordate embryo -gives rise to blood, bones, and muscles20
6322002981ectoderm-part of the chordate embryo -gives rise to skin and the nervous system21
6322011765embryonic developmentcard 822
6322014964animal pole-top half of frog embryo -where most clevage occurs -has a pigmented cap that rotates toward the point of penetration of sperm23
6322020943vegetal pole-bottom half of frog embryo -yolky portion where very little cleavage occurs24
6322025879embryonic induction-ability of one group of embryonic cells to influence the development of another group of embryonic cells by switching on certain genes25
6322038148B-cateninthe dorsal lip of blastopore is key to embryonic development because something in these cells initiates a chain of inductions that results in the formation of neural tissue. After many years of study, scientisits identify the signaling molecule as the transcription factor?26
6322042395Hans Spemannscientist who proved embryonic induction occurred when he grafted a piece of dorsal lip from one embryo to the ventral side of a second embryo. A second neural tube grew on the abdomen of the recipient animal27
6322059582cytoplasmic influences embryonic development-there is something in the cytoplasm of animal and vegetal cells that controls normal embryonic development -A classic experiment-when an 8-ball urchin embryo is cut into two halves, the future development of the animal is determined by how the cut is made(card 10)28
6322071172gray cresent-part of the cytoplasm of the frog embryo that is necessary for normal development into adulthodd -appears on side of egg opposite where sperm penetrates -blastopore forms at border of this cresent and vegetal pole after fertilization29
6322078804Spamann's classic experimentproved that only the zygote containing the gray crescent developed properly -Spemann proved the importance of cytoplasmic determinants, that the cytoplasm plays a major role in embryonic development30
6322088203homeobox-homeotic genes-master genes that control expression of genes responsible for development of specific anatomical structures -Ex: homeotic gene might give instructions, such as "place legs here", in the developing embryo31
6322094470apoptosis-programmed cell death -a featuyre of normal embryonic animal -at various times in development, individual cells or tissues are engulfed by neighboring cells32
6322098819examples of apoptosis-Ex: reabsorption of a tadpole's tail during metamorphosis -Ex: although shared developmental genes generate webbing between embryonic digits of birds, that webbing is eliminated in normal human embryonic development33

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