BIO SCI 93 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Morphogen, Myod, Body Plan

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIO SCI 93
• Professor: Salme Taagepera

Document Summary

Complete this reading guide as you read the textbook pages listed above. You might not have to read every word on every page, rather pay close attention to the questions in this guide and answer them as you work through the textbook. Also pay close attention to the terms that are underlined: these are key terms that you should know the definitions of and be able to apply in new situations. Differentiation: process by which cells become specialized in structure and function. Morphogenesis: physical processes that give an organism its shape; development of the form of an organism and its structures. They arose from the same common fertilized egg but had different set of activators. Liver cell: all the activator proteins required for high-level expression of the albumin gene are present only in liver cells. Lens cell: the activators needed for expression of the crystallin gene are present only in lens cells.