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OBJECTIVES

  1. How many stategies for developmental commitment--------- 2
  2. -------is a discipline that studied embryonic and other developmental processes-- -----Develpmental Biology
  3. Insect characteristics are----------specification_____Syncytial
  4. Mode of commitments are-------------------3
  5. Third anatomical approach to developmental biology is-----Tetratology
  6. An uncommitted cell can be described as---------------------Naïve
  7. Potency is ----------------------property________Intrinsic
  8. Cytoplasm that contains many nuclei is called -------------------- Syncytium.
  9. The ectoderm forms -------- Epidermis, Nervous System, And Pigment Cells.
  10. Series of extremely rapid divisions in zygote is ------Cleavage
  11. Insect such as ___drosophila __Use All Three Modes Of Specification To Commit Their Cells To Particular Fates.
  12. Regulative development arises from -----------Conditional Specification.
  13. Cleavage sphere known as---------------------Blastula
  14. After fertilizationthe developmental process procedd by--------------Cleavage
  15. The division of embryo into 3--------------Germ Layers
  16. Mathematical modeling seeks to desire developmental phenomenon in term of - ----Equations.
  17. … is the study of the birth defect. -----------Teratology
  18. Cell potency … fate ------------------- ≥
  19. Syncytial specification found in ........... Insects
  20. Germ layers are formed as a result of ............Gastrulation
  21. All multicellular organisms arise by a slow process of progress change called ....

Development

  1. Animals development is the division of embryo into three layers ectoderm, mesoderm and ..... Endoderm
  2. The embryo contains ... The ectoderm, the endoderm and the mesoderm -Three Germ Layers.
  3. Major class of cadherin includes: --------------N-Cadherin
  4. Neural folds migrate toward the midline of the embryo and fusing to form …
  5. Rana pipiens usually lays around … eggs while the bullfrog, Rana catesbiana can lay as many as-------------------2500, 20,000
  6. The individuals of each species, however are divided into two mating types. ---- ------Plus & Minus
  7. ...… animals are those who have ectoderm and endoderm but not true mesoderm, i.e. hydra. --------Diploblastic
  8. Cleavage sphere is known as: ------------Blastula
  9. The fetal portion of placenta formed by: ------Chorion
  10. Hammerling exchanged nuclei b/w two__ distinct species. ---Morphologically
  11. When plus individuals initiate fusion by extending a fertilization tube, which contacts & fuses with a specific site on the … individual. --------------- Minus
  12. The major cell adhesion molecules appear to be the: ------------ Cadherins
  13. The second major group of protostomes are the: -------------- Lophotrochozoa
  14. Annelids, molluscs and flatworms belong to:------------- Lophotrochozoan
  15. In protostomes, mouth is formed first than: -------------Deuterostomes
  16. Fertilization------------- transmits genes from parents to offspring
  17. -ve and +ve mating take place in--------------- Chlaymadomonas
  18. ---Is a step for gene expression regulation:---Differential Gene Transcription
  19. Coding regions of DNA:------Exons
  20. How many domains are present for transcription:----3
  21. pdx1 is present in:--------------Pancreatic And Duodenal Homeobox 1 Gene
  22. Plays a major role in eye formation.-------------Pax6
  23. ---------- and scleraxis are the transcription factors are thought to activate cartilagespecific genes.-------Pax1
  24. The human β-globin gene has an enhancer in its 3′ UTR, roughly base pairs--700
  25. The SOX9 gene, … a DNA binding protein------Encodes
  26. MITF is necessary for the production of------------Pigment Cells
  27. Promoter is … which is thought to regulate transcription.---------Enhancer
  28. The negative enhancers are called:-----------Silencers
  29. TAFs used in--------------Transcription Factor Activity
  30. Allows the mRNA to exit the nucleus:-----Poly (A) Tail
  31. Red blood cells make:--------------Globin
  32. Enhancers are: --------------DNA Sequences
  33. A region that is not translated in proteins:---------Untranslated Region (UTR)
  34. RNA polymerase binds with … in start transcription--------------- Promoter
  35. Regulation of gene expression accomplished by:---Selective Mrna Translation

57. MITF protein---Is Necessary For The Production Of Pigment Cells And Their Pigments

  1. RNA polymerase bind with -----in start of transcription--------------Promotor
  2. Sea urchin contain … mRNA.--------------25,000 To 50,000
  3. In many species, sperm are attracted toward eggs by----------------Chemotaxis
  4. Number of cortical granules in sea urchin: -------------15,000
  5. One chemotactic molecule, a 14-amino acid peptide called:-----------Resact
  6. Force for sperm propulsion is provided by--------Dynein
  7. The volume of the sea urchin is about … pico liters.-------------200
  8. The egg jelly factors that initiate the acrosomal reaction in … are often highly
  9. Contact & … b/w sperm and egg:---------------Recognition
  10. The early embryonic cells need a supply of energy and amino acid which is
  11. The mammalian egg is surrounded by layer called:--------Cumulus
  12. The sperm travel by the amoeboid motion of … of the cell membrane------

Lamellipodial Extensions

  1. In 1824…claimed that sperm were not parasites.-----J.L. Prevost & J.B. Dumas
  2. Sperms discovered in--------------1678
  3. Egg shell formed … weight of egg -------9 To 12%
  4. ____constitute the head of the sperm.-------------Acrosome & Nucleus
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