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6491232647where does development begin?sperm and egg combine to form zygote0
6491239251fertilization occurs when?sperm fuses with egg to form zygote1
6491245031why do millions of sperm ejaculate into female reproductive system?-many are loss due to leakage from vaginal canal -acidic environment -sperm mobility -inability to pass cervical mucus -destruction by defense cells of uterus2
6491256668embryo moves to uterus where it implants into ___________uterine wall. endometrial lining!3
6491258525define: cleavagemitotic division after fertilization, not much growth but smaller cells4
6491269297cleavage can be either holoblastic or meroblastic. What do each mean?holoblastic: total= human meroblastic: partial= reptiles5
6491277863cleavage leads to ?morula. embryo rapidly divides without increasing overall size6
6491282342zygote --> ___________---> cleavage --> morula --> ___________.zygote fertilization cleavage morula blastocysts7
6491282343blastocystembryo accumulates fluid inside -zona pellucida starts to degenerate8
6491373567cleavage--> morula--> blastocysts-->fluid-filled cavity -->single layer called___________ is formed.trophoblast9
6491378891egg cell is always asymmetric: animal pole: vegetal poleanimal: future ectoderm and mesoderm vegetable: future endoderm10
6491388508zona pellucida in mammalsfirst envelope of egg, made of glycoproteins11
6491393447fertilized egg is called the ?zygote!12
6491398840AFTER 4 cell divisions occurs--> leads to 16 cells called the?morula13
6491404872gastrulation-formation of 3 basic germ layers -cells originally outside move inwards to become mesoderm14
6491406447what are the 3 basic germ layers?ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm (neural tissue = ectoderm)15
6491414210gastrulation begins with appearance of __________, 3rd week, which establishes?primitive streak long axis of embryo16
6491489975how is primitive streak formed?epiblast cells thickens to form the primitive streak with primitive knot17
6491504930epiblast cells invaginate from streak to form ____________ layer and replace hypoblast with _________mesoderm endoderm18
6491508668hypoblast is a tissue type that forms ________________inner cell mass19
6491511073no hypoblast = ?multiple primitive streak in chicken embryos20
6491578405what does tissue turn into before and after gastrulation? pregastrulation: gastrulation:pregastrulation: tissue will turn into EPIDERMIS (skin) gastrulation: tissue will turn into NEURAL tissue (brain, spinal cord, eyes)21
6491591774frog embryo- most of yolk is at one end of egg. cleavage occurs more rapidly at the ___________ end. yolk-free end: yolky end is:yolk-free end yolk-free: animal pole yolky end: vegetal pole22
6491616981birds and mammals: gastrulation begins with invagination in center of embryo, defining midline called the _______ _________primitive streak! **beginning of 3rd week23
6491623721nervous system begins to develop at _________ stage in embryogenesislate24
6491627908prior to nervous system formation, these 3 main cell layers must be generatedendoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm25
6491631052endoderminnermost layer -gives rise to gut, lungs, pancreas, liver26
6491632849mesodermmiddle layer -gives rise to connective tissue, heart, muscle, bone, vascular system27
6491635231ectodermoutermost layer -gives rise to major tissues of central and peripheral NS system28
6491640027entire NERVOUS system arises from what tissue?ECTODERM!!29
6491687783What is the purpose of neural plate?become neural tissue30
6500764965when neural plate folds inward into a cylinder it is called a _____ ______. some cells at edge of neural plate become migratory _________ ________neural tube neural crest31
6500810325neurulation is formation of (2)neural plate and neural tube32
6500820025caudal region of neural tube gives rise to __________ rostral region of neural tube gives rise to __________caudal: spinal cord rostral: brain33
6500825207what is definition of neural induction?development of neural tissue34
6500828731what triggers neural induction?1. inducing factors 2. molecules35
6500834821complex programming: inducing factor the _______________ that a cell occupies early in development is critical for determining its ________.-signaling molecules from other cells -freely diffusible, can act over long range or local -the POSITION that a cell occupies early in development is critical for determining its FATE.36
6500836060complex programming: molecules-are surface receptors that mediate effect of inducing factors -activation of receptors MODULATE TF activity -REGULATE gene expression that encode specialized functions of cell37
6500867265competence of a cell is?ability of a cell to respond to inductive signals38
6500869797competence of a cell depends on (3)- enough receptors -transduction molecules - TF expressed by cells39
6500875131A cell's fate is determined by (3)- signals it is expose to -location in the embryo -profile of genes it expresses as a consequence of developmental history40
6500883447Neural plate is induced by signals from the adjacent ____________ layermesoderm41
6500886756role of mesoderm was conducted by scientists Spemann and Mangold. what did they do?- took dorsal lip of blastopore from pigmented and translated onto an embryo of albino frog. - results: separate primitive streak and new neural tube formed at site of transplant and new body axis was mostly made up of non-pigmented cells.42
6500898990Spemann organizerdorsal lip is a neural inducer and "organizer" of entire body axis43
6500907260How was Noggin, a neural inducer, identified?- frog embryos were irradiated with UV light (neural tissue does not form) -cDNA from organizer were injected into UV treated embryo -Noggin!44
6500920094how is mesoderm formed?both animal and vegetal poles must interact to form mesoderm45
6500929854is noggin a neural inducer and mesoderm inducer?no! only neural genes are turned when animal cap+ noggin --> neural tissue noggin+mesoderm inducer --> neural tissue + mesoderm46
6500940163what is Chordin?-direct neural inducer -another gene expressed only in organizer - injection of chordin induces another body axis and rescues centralized embryos47
6500951309what is follistatin?-involved in mesoderm induction -binds and INHIBITS activin -promotes neural induction48
6500973461three molecules secreted from organizers are ? these 3 molecules promote ?noggin, follistatin and chordin promote NEURAL induction!49
6500982740capacity of ectodermal cells to undergo neural differentiation is suppressed by signals transmitted by neighboring cells, mediator of these suppressive signals is called?bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)50
6605569571chrodin and noggin are both __________ and __________ for neural developmentsufficient and necessary51
6501004790BMP signaling is found to ________ differentiation of ectoderm to epidermis and _____________ neural differentiationpromote suppress52
6564539858knockout of proneural genes: overexpression of proneural genes:-/-: no neuron development +/+: ectopic neuron and sense organs53
6564542667neuroblast is a ________ cell that will develop into a _________ occurring after ________ phaseneuroblast is a DIVIDING cells that will develop into a NEURON occurring after MIGRATION phase54
6564543985how do neuroblast commit to neuronal fate?neuroblast differentiate and thus commit to neuronal fate55
6564545607difference between neuroblast and neuronneuroblast can still divide! (undergo mitosis) neuron cannot = post mitotic56
6564555640Achaete scute genes code for transcription factors in ? these bind to short stretches of DNA called?basic-helix-loop helix (bHLH) family E-boxes57
6564564661restricting Achaete scute to one cell causes?lateral inhibition, in which neighbors suppress each other so that not all cells are forming neurons58
6605578991what is lateral inhibitionneighboring cells suppress each other so that not all cells are forming neurons59
6564569040how does lateral inhibition occur?Delta and receptor Notch and Asc expression60
6564571753Asc promotes ______ expression. Low levels of _______ promote neuroblast fate, while _______ levels promote epidermal fate. when ______ binds to _______, intracellular part of _______ gets cleaved. Cleaved ______ goes into nucleus to repress Asc transcriptionAsc promotes DELTA expression. Low levels of NOTCH promote neuroblast fate, while HIGH levels promote epidermal fate. When DELTA binds to NOTCH, intracellular part of NOTCH gets cleaved. cleaved NOTCH goes into nucleus to repress Asc transcription61
6564575124two neighbors expressing both Asc, Delta, and Notch equally will?repress each other equally. *remember low notch levels = neuronal fate62
6564579836if one neighboring cells produces _______ Asc proteins, it will cause neighboring cell to stop expressing _________ and _______.MORE Asc and Delta genes = neighboring cell thus becomes epidermal fate63
6564582624over time, expression of Asc is restricted to ___ cell, this cell will have ?1 cell this cell will have strongest initial expression64
6564585873what are the 3 primary layers of embryo?ectoderm: outer layer becomes the nervous system (CNS/PNS and skin) mesoderm: middle layer, becomes muscles, skeleton endoderm: innermost layer, becomes lining of viscera65

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