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General Fertilization Events
1) Contact & *** 2) *** of Sperm Entry 3) *** of genetic material 4) *** of egg metabolism |
1) Recognition
2) Regulation 3) Fusion 4) Activation |
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--- Female Gametes ---
1) ***: mature "animal" gamete 2) ***: young mature gamete 3) ***: mature "lower plant/algae" gamete 4) ***: immature egg |
1) ovum
2) ovule 3) oosphere 4) oocyte |
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Sea Urchin
1) Sperm attraction - ***(process) 2) Sperm activation - ***(particle) 3) Sperm adhesion - ***(particle) |
1) chemotaxis
2) resact peptide 3) bindin protein |
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--- HUMAN egg/sperm fusion ---
1) *** protein is ESSENTIAL 2) Possibly binds to... |
1) Izumo
2) CD9 |
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--- Cortical Granule Reaction ---
1) 1st enzyme dissolves............ 2) *** creates osmotic gradient between... 3) 3rd enzyme h*** *** *** in *** species 4) *** protein forms coat around egg through *** mechanism. |
1) VE & PM CONTACTS
2) Mucopolysaccharides --- VE & PM 3) hardens fertilization membrane --- mouse 4) hyalin --- slow block |
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--- Sperm During Fertilization ---
1) Sperm nucleus *** 2) Sperm nucleus loses its *** 3) forming the.... |
1) decondenses
2) nuclear envelope 3) pronucleus |
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Sperm microtubule contain *** monomers in pairs called ***.
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alpha & beta-tubulin monomers
tubulin dimer |
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*** is a form of asexual reproduction found in females that occurs w/o male fertilization.
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Parthenogenesis
parthenos - "virgin" genesis - "birth" |
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1) VE?
2) ovum in sea urchins are *** times the volume of sperm. |
1) Vitelline envelope
2) 10,000 |
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CG?
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Cortical granules
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1) CyclinE/cdk*** is critical for entry into ***.
2) CyclinB/cdk*** is critical for entry into ***. |
1) 2 --- mitosis
2) 1 --- S phase |
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ZP3?
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Zona Pellucida sperm-binding protein 3
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--- Sperm During Fertilization ---
1) The *** of the sperm 2) connects the *** of both cells 3) forming *** |
1) centrioles
2) microtubules 3) aster |
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1) Resact peptide activates *** of enzyme class ***.
2) causing conversion of *** to ****. 3) which increases *** activity of *** |
1) guanylate cyclase --- lyase
2) GTP > cGMP 3) ATPase activity --- dynein ---cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
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1) cGMP activates *** ATPase activity.
2) cGMP? 3) What base does it contain? |
1) dynein
2) cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate 3) Guanine |
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Resact is composed of # ***......
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14-residue peptides
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*** *** activates the *** receptor initiating Ca++ release from cortical granules.
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Inositol trisphosphate
IP3 receptor |
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1) Sperm are expelled into the *** ***
2) of the testes and stored in the e***. |
1) seminiferous tubules
2) epididymis |
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Cortical Granules
1) Derived from... 2) Contain.... 3) *** per egg. |
1) golgi
2) proteosomes 3) 15,000 |
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--- Sperm-Egg Fusion ---
Polymerization of actin and the 1) extension of several microvilli form *** *** 2) which passes through the egg's *** *** |
1) fertilization cone
2) cytoplasmic bridge |
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--- DISTINGUISH ---
1) Invagination is an infolding of... 2) Involution is an infolding of... |
1) a region of cells
2) an expanding outer layers |
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Epidermis derives from the *** germ layer.
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Endoderm
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1) Ability to invaginate is innate property of *** *** *** cells...
2) located near the *** *** *** structure. |
1) Dorsal Marginal Zone
2) Dorsal Blastopore Lip |
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--- Gastrulation in Xenopus ---
1) Involuting *** cells 2) migrate toward animal pole on a *** latice 3) secreted by *** *** cells |
1) mesodermal
2) fibronectin 3) blastocoel roof |
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--- Gastrulation in Xenopus ---
1) Mesodermal mantle at *** *** of involuting cells... 2) migrate along inner surface of *** *** while 3) trailing prospective chordamesoderm physically *** and ***. |
1) lead edge
2) blastopore roof 3) narrow and lengthen |
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--- Gastrulation in Zebrafish ---
1) Blastoderm composed of inner(***) and outer(***) layer. 2) Epiboly begins when the *** layer moves *** 3) expanding the blastoderm over *** causing its ***. |
--- Gastrulation in Zebrafish ---
1) hypoblast --- epiblast 2) hypoblast --- outward 3) yolk --- envelopment |
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--- Gastrulation in Zebrafish ---
1) Inner(hypoblast) layer is likely derived from *** or *** processes. |
1) involution or ingression
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Drosophila has mRNA which encodes proteins...
1) *** and *** in the anterior. 2) *** and *** in the posterior. |
1) Bicoid and Nanos
2) Caudal and Hunchback |
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--- Conditional Specification ---
1) The presence of other cells(even same kind) *** the *** of both partners. 2) This is called... |
1) restricts the potency
2) negative induction |
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--- Activin Concentration in Animal Cap Cells ---
1) Low levels - Cells differentiate into ____ layer 2) which forms *** and *** tissue. |
1) ventral mesoderm
2) blood & connective |
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--- Activin Concentration in Animal Cap Cells ---
1) High levels - Cells differentiate into... 2) Which forms ***, ***, and *** cells. |
1) mesoderm
2) heart, muscle, and notocord |
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--- Morphogenetic Limb Field ---
1) Bottom area? 2) Top? 3) Center? 4) Behind 3 layers? |
1) Peribrachial flank tissue
2) Shoulder girdle 3) Free limb 4) 'surrounding area' |
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First fate maps created using *** Experiment.
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Transplantation
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--- *** Specification ---
1) Bicoid is highest at *** end 2) Caudal is highest at *** end 3) Differentiation determined by *** of bicoid & caudal. 4) Alllowing cells to determine their *** in the *** ***. |
Syncytial
1) anterior 2) posterior 3) !!!RATIO!!! 4) !!!LOCATION!!! --- anterior-posterior axis |
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***: Neither parallel to... or right angle to.
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Oblique
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Correlation: *** does not prove ***.
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Correlation --- causation
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1) Functional evidence: *** of the
2) postulated cause is *** 3) with the ***. |
1) Absence
2) associated 3) absence of effect |
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Gain-of-Function evidence: *** of first event causes the second event to happen even when *** event *** ***.
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Initiation
neither event usually occurs. |
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--- Gain-of-Function evidence ---
1) *** *** added to 2) *** eggs causing *** to be 3) released into egg causing 4) *** w/o ***. |
1) Calcium ionophores
2) unfertilized --- Ca2+ 4)activation --- fertilization |
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--- Stages of Zygote Development ---
1) Stage 1 - *** ball 2) Stage 2 - *** sphere 3) Stage 3 - tri*** cup |
1) morula --- solid ball
2) blastula --- hollow ball 3) gastrula --- trilaminar cup |