Chapter 19: Cellular Mechanisms of Development

Must Know

Verterbrate Development (Important for lab on Animal Kingdon)
. . . . . . . . . Blastomeres
. . . . . . . . . Cleavage
. . . . . . . . . Blastula
. . . . . . . . . Gastrula
. . . . . . . . . Germ Layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
Insect development
(general - not the details)
Plant development
(Uesful for plant lab)
Induction organizers, and morphogens
Getermination - Differentiation
Pattern formation in Drosphila and vertebrate
Homeotic genes
Homebox
(programmed cell death and aging NOT important)

Instructor: Professor Clyde Herrei: herreid@buffalo.edu
and Professor Chuck Fourtner:
fourtner@buffalo.edu
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