Fall 2001 - Concepts and Terms, Developmental Biology

Lectures 1-4:

Cloning Inner cell mass Embryonic stem cells Stem cell Trophoblast Blastocyst Heterochromatin Euchromatin DNA methylation Histone deacetylases Proto-oncogenes Cyclins Tumor suppressor genes Apoptosis Telomeres Primary Germ Layers Diploblasts Triploblasts Coelom Protosomes Deuterosomes Genotype Phenotype Introns Exons Open reading frame Promoter Regulatory regions Transcription factors Development Growth Cleavage Diversification of cell types Morphogenesis Zygote Blastula Gastrulation Neurulation Somites Neural Tube Epiboly Invagination Convergent extension Epithelium Mesenchyme Condensation Mosaic Development Regulative Development Potency Totipotent Prospective Potency Steroid receptors Plasma membrane receptors Cytoplasmic 2nd messengers Ligands Ligand gated channels G-protein coupled receptors Kinases		Fate map Induction Inducers Equivalence groups Embryonic field Gradient Morphogens The French Flag problem Competence Determination Specification Archenteron Blastocoel Ectoderm Mesoderm Endoderm Pemissive vs instructive induction Lateral inhibitiory interactions Germ plasm Chemotaxis Genital ridge Fibronectin Integrin SRY Sertoli cells Anti-mullarian hormone Leydig cells Seminiferous tubules Testosterone Mitosis Genomic imprinting Meiosis Chromatids synapsis Recombination Spematogensis Spematogonia Oogonia Primary and secondary spematids Primary and secondary oocytes Ovarian follicle Granulosa cells Zona pellucida First polar body 2nd polar body FSH LH Ovulation Sperm capacitation Acrosome reaction Polyspermy ZP1 ZP2 PH-20 IP3 receptor Zygote

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