Development in animals

21 important questions on Development in animals

Wich model organisms are used to study development?

frog development as model
Mammal development

The developmental events in the life cycle are:

adult frog
sperm and egg
fertilization (zygote)
cleavage (blastula)
gastrulation (gastrula)
organogenesis (tail-bud embryo)
larval stages
and than again adult frog

What is acrosomal reaction?

the discharge of hydrolytic enzymes from the acrosome, a vescile in the tip of a sperm, when the sperm approaches or contacts an egg.
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How does the egg/spermcell prevent polyspermy?

1 gamete contact and/or fusion depolarizes the egg cell membrane and sets up a fast block to polyspermy.
2 fusion of egg and sperm als initiates the cortical reaction. froming a fertilization envelope a slow block to polyspermy.

If the Ca2+ rises in the cytosol what does it increase?

the rate of cellular respiration and protein synthesis by the egg cell

How works the ferilization in mammals?

a sperm must travel through a layer of follicle cells surrounding the egg, before it reaches the ZONA PELLUCIDA, or extracellular matrix of the egg.
the sperm binding triggers a crorical reaction.
the first cell division occurs 12-36 hours after sperm binding in mammals.

What are the three embryonic germ layers?

ectoder: forms the outer layer
endoderm: lines the digestive tract
mesoderm: partly fills the space between the endoderm and ectoderm

What does the ectoderm form? (outer layer of embryo)

epdermis of skin and its derivatives (sweat glands, hair follicles)
nervous and sensory systems
pituitary gland, adrenal medulla
jaws and teeth
germ cells

What does the mesoderm form? (middle layer of embryo)

skeletal and muscular systems
circulatory and lymphatic systems
excretory and reproductive systems (except germ cells)
dermis of skin
adrenal cortex

What does the endoderm from (inner layer of embryo)

epithelial lining of degestive tract and associated organs (liver and pancreas)
epithelial lining of respiratory, excretory, and reproductive tracts and ducts
thymus, thyroid, and parathyroid glands

What is inner cell mass?

an inner cluster of cells at one end of a mammalian blastocyst that subsequently develops inot the embryo proper and some of the extraembryonic membranes.

What is a epiblast and hypoblast?

the inner cell mass of the blastocyst forms a flat disk with an inner layer of cells, and an outer layer, the hypoblast.

What is a trophoblast?

the outer epithelium of the balstocyst.

What is the extraembryonic membranes?

one of four membranes (yolk sac, amnion, chorion, and allantois)located outside the embryo that support the developing embryo in reptiles and mammals. chorion functions in gas exchange, amnion encloses the amniotic fluid, yolk sac encloses the yolk, allantois disposes of waste products and contributes to gas exchange.

What is a amniotes?

a member of a clade of tetrapods named for a key derived character, the amniotic fluid is obtained by aspiration from a needle inserted into the uterus. the fluid and the fetal cells it contains are analyzed to detect certain genetic and congenital defects in the fetus.

What is convergent extension?

a process in which the cells of a tissue layer rearange  themselves in such a way that the sheet of cells becomes narrower (converges) and longer (extends)

What is fate maps?

diagrams showing organs and other structures that arise from each region of an embryo

What is axis formation?

a body plan with bilateral symmetry is found across a range of animals. this body plan exhibits asymmetry across the dorsal-ventral and anterior-posterior axes. the right-left axis is largerly symmetrical

Which possible circumstances are  involved in axis-formation?

in chicks GRAVITY (establishing the anterior-posterior axis)
PH differences (between the two sides of the blastoderm establish the dorsal-ventral axis
in mammals ORENTATION OF THE EGG AND SPERM NUCLEI (before fusion may help establish embryonic axes).

What is pattern formation?

the development of a multicellular organism's spatial organization the arrangement of organs and tissues in their characteristic places in three-dimensional space.

What is positional information?

molecular cues that control pattern formation in an animal or plant embryonic structure by indicating a cell's location relative to the organisms body axes. these cues elicit a response by genes that regulate development.

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