Development/gene expression

26 important questions on Development/gene expression

What are the 5 fylotypic stages and what happens?

1. Zygote: fertilized egg cell
2. blastula: during cleavages a blastula with blastocoel develops
3. gastrulation: formation of 3 germ layers via migration of cells and archenteron
4. organogenesis: neurolation incl formation of the 4th germ layer (the neural crest), formation of organs and initiation of growth
5. growth: reaching adult shape and size

During cleavages and blastula the vegital pole and animal pole develop, what are they?

vegital pole: caudal side, contains more yolk
animal pole: the cranial side where the animal will develop

What are telocithal eggs and what kind of cleavage is this?

a lot of yolk at the vegital pole. -> mesoblastic cleavage
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What happens during the third/fourth cleavage?

-animal/vegital pole are formed
-  8 cells in total -> 2 ventral micromeres, 2 dorsal micromeres, 2 ventral macromeres, 2 dorsal macromeres

What happens during late cleavages?

-morula & blastula is formed
- blastomeres at the animal pole contain less yolk so they divide faster than blastomeres at the vegital pole -> this makes a wave like movement

What is the function of blastula cells in blastula stage?

blastula cells surround the blastocoel (liquid filled hole)

During gastrulation there are 3 types of celmigratidon. What are they and what is the function ?

1. epibolie: uitbreiding micromerekap
2. involutie: instroming cellen door oermond die blastocoel opvullen
3. convergentie: cellen bewegen richting the dorsal meridian 

What kind of cleavages have these animals?
sea star - frog - worm - chick - mouse

- Sea star: radial holoblastic cleavage, Isolecithal egg
- Frog: radial holoblastic cleavage, Mesolecithal egg Animal pole
- Nemertean worm: spiral holoblastic cleavage, Isolecithal egg
- Chick: discoidal meroblastic cleavage, Telolecithal egg
- Mouse: Rotational holoblastic cleavage,  Isolecithal egg

What are the 3 stages of neurulation?

1. neural plate -> forms from ectoderm
2. neural groove
3. neural tube -> forms from the neural plate, the edges rise up, fold and join together. it forms the spinal chord and spinal motor nerves

What is the neural crest?

the 4th germ layer, little migrating neural crest cells become the peripheral nervous system and strongly migration neural crest cells become monocytes in the skin

On what side is the neural crest in the body and why is that important?

anterior in the body, important in shaping the 'vertebrate head'

What is the 'vertebrate head'?

eyes, nose, ears, brains, skull

What is the correct order of events in the development of the nervous system?

1. cells migrate towards their final destination
2. cells differentiate to neurons
3. cells connect to their targets
4. cells regime the synapses

What develops from the entoderm?

inner epithelium GI tract, inner epithelium lungs/liver/pancreas/testis/ovarium

What is cell induction?

the concentration of a certain protein affects the development of cells

When we talk about activating numerous morfogenes that lead to initiating gastrula movements, differentiation of the dorsal mesoderm and induce of neural tube we talk about:

function organizer

What is the Spermann-Mangold-organizer?

-is present in amniotes
-determines the anterior-posterior axis

What does a morfogen do?

regulate where and when proteins are synthesized

What is are 4 functions of proteins?

-create other molecules needed
-transfer signals
-require energy
-copy DNA/RNA

What happens when you change DNA?

change proteine someone possesses

What is homeobox? and Homeotic?

homeobox: a DNA sequences that enables proteins to bind to DNA

Homeotic: an adjective, used to name the genes that possess a homeobox and their mutations. transcription factors are synthesized by homeotic genes.


definition from the book: The homeobox produces the part of a protein that attaches to the DNA of other genes, activating or blocking their expression.

What are HOX-genes and when are they expressed?

homeotic genes that shape the anterior-posterior axis.
first expressed during embryonic development, but remain expressed throughout adult life

In what 2 ways are hoxgenes homologous?

-orthologous genes: homologous between species
-paralogous genes: homologous because how genes duplicated

Imagine chording is a transcription protein produced by future notochord cells. If we would now block chords, what would happen?

the neural plate will not be formed at all

What is the chorda and what 3 things does it forms?

the most dorsal mesoderm
1. paraxial: wervels, skeletspieren, dermis
2. intermediar: kidneys
3. lateral: vertral mesoderm, coelom ontstaat

What is the difference between direct and indirect development?

direct: going from embryo to miniature adult, much yolk -> telolecithal
indirect: young develop into various larval stages capable of feeding themselves, little yolk-> isolecithal/mesolecithal

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