Lewis wolpert Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

- Discuss the evidence supporting a role for tinman homologues in heart development - Discuss the anatomical and molecular evidence supporting the theory of dorsoventral axis inversion during the evolution of protostome and deuterostome lineages. - Describe the conserved features of Hox gene cluster organisation. - Appreciate and discuss how changes in the expression and activity of Hox genes have contributed to changes in anatomy during animal evolution. - Draw conclusions regarding the molecul...

- Describe the different types of animal body symmetry and the main body axes of bilaterally symmetrical animals. - Describe the features that define diploblasts versus triploblasts. - Describe the features that define protostomes versus deuterostomes. - Understand the importance of the Ediacaran and Cambrian fauna in animal evolution. - Describe the common features of phylotypic stage chordate embryos. - Discuss the evidence indicating that Pax6 is a conserved regulator of eye development. - ...

- Appreciate and describe the molecular mechanisms underlying neural induction - Describe TGF-beta (TGF-β) signal transduction and the differences between the BMP versus nodal pathways - Discuss the experiments that demonstrate a role for BMP antagonists in vertebrate neural induction - Describe how antisense morpholino oligos can be used to inhibit gene function - Appreciate and describe the differences between the processes of neural induction versus neurogenesis

- Describe the experimental evidence supporting a conserved pathway for regulating neurogenesis in animals - Discuss the conserved function of proneural genes in neurogenesis - Discuss the conserved function of neurogenic genes in neurogenesis - Describe the role of lateral inhibition in selecting neural precursors - Describe the conserved role of notch-delta signalling in mediating lateral inhibition - Appreciate and discuss the distinct processes of neural induction, neurogenesis and neurulati...

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Test Bank for Principles of Development 6e 6th edition by Lewis Wolpert, Cheryll Tickle, and Alfonso Martinez Arias. ISBN-13: 0569 Full Chapters test bank included 1:History and basic concepts 2:Drosophila life cycle and development of the body plan 3:Vertebrate life cycles, experimental techniques & human development 4:Laying down the vertebrate body plan: Xenopus and zebrafish 5:Laying down and completing the vertebrate body plan: chick and mouse 6:Development of nematodes and sea u...