ANHB3323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Microtubule, Body Plan, Cell Adhesion
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LECTURE SEVEN: Development of Embryonic Tissues
Basic Principles of Development:
• Cleavage
o Principles → cell division and pattern formation
o Outcome → multicellular organisms and defining axes/germ
layers
• Gastrulation
o Principles → morphogenesis
o Outcome → formation of 3 germ layers
• Organogenesis
o Principles → cell differentiation and growth
o Outcome → maturation of blood, muscles and nerves
• Differences in principles of development across different species but
cleavage/gastrulation/organogenesis is all common
Cleavage – Cell Division:
• No increase in embryo size → process of generating many cells
• Extraordinary quick cell division
• Decrease in cytoplasmic/nuclear ratio is crucial
• Cleavage parcels newly divided nuclei with increasingly smaller sub-
divisions of pre-existing cytoplasm and nuclear material
• DNA content unchanged
• Differential distribution of cellular molecules → mRNA and proteins
• New cells inherit cytoplasm and nuclei with differing amounts of these
molecules
• Cleavage proceeds → oocyte → morula → blastula → implantation
(mammals)
• Increases in
o Cell heterogeneity
o Embryonic gene expression
• Gradual decreases in
o Cell division
o Maternal determinants
• Blastomere size successively decreases
• Influenced by yolk amount → differences between species
o High → vegetal pole
o Low → animal pole
o Mammals → yolk free → placenta
Cleavage – Pattern Formation:
• Localization of cytoplasmic factors → specific mRNAs and proteins
• Used as morphogenic information to lay blueprint for body axis formation
• Interplay between maternal and zygotic factors
• Axes → anterior-posterior and ventral-dorsal
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