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2.E.1 timing and coordination
Timing and coordination of specific events are necessary for the normal development
of an organism, and these events are regulated by a variety of mechanisms.
Read Chapter 18.2-18.4Watch bozeman science video
“timing and coordination”
Draw 6 boxes on your paper
The determination of different cell types (cell fates) precedes differentiation and involves the expression of genes for tissue-specific proteins.
Tissue-specific proteins enable differentiated cells to carry out specific tasks.
Cell differentiation follows determination as the cell continues on a specific
developmental path. Differentiation results in cell types such as nerve cells, blood cells,
and muscle cells.http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol114/Chap11/Chapter_11.html
A single-celled zygote can develop into a multicellular adult organism that contains
hundreds of different cell types.
Totipotent cells are stem cells that can form all the cell types in a body, plus
placental cells. Embryonic cells within the first couple of cell divisions after
fertilization are the only cells that are totipotent.
Pluripotent cells can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the body; embryonic stem cells are considered
pluripotent.
The transformation from a zygote into an organism results from three
interrelated processes:
• Cell division: the zygote gives rise to a large number of cells through a succession of mitotic cell divisions
• Cell differentiation: cells become specialized in structure and function
• Morphogenesis: the processes that give shape to the organism and its various parts
Box #1
• Compare cell differentiation and cell division.
Genomic Equivalence: Nearly all the cells of an organism have the same genome. Cells differentiate through differential gene
expression.
Observable cell differentiation results from the expression of genes for
tissue-specific proteins.Hierarchy of Gene Activity in Early Drosophila Development
Maternal effect genes (egg-polarity genes)
Gap genes
Pair-rule genes
Segment polarity genes
Homeotic genes of the embryo
Other genes of the embryo
Segmentation genesof the embryo
Box #2
• Describe the function of tissue specific proteins.
Regulation of transcription factors during development results in sequential gene expression.
Transcription factors are proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences, thereby controlling the flow
of genetic information from DNA to mRNA.
Cell signaling helps direct daughter cells down the appropriate pathways, a process called induction. Cells induce neighboring
cells to differentiate.
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Anterior
EMBRYO
Posterior
ReceptorSignalprotein
Signal
Anteriordaughtercell of 3
Posteriordaughtercell of 3
Will go on toform muscle and gonads
Will go on toform adultintestine
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During induction, signal molecules from embryonic cells cause transcriptional changes in nearby target cells.
Early embryo(32 cells)
NUCLEUSSignaltransductionpathway
Signalreceptor
Signalmolecule(inducer)
An inducing signal produced by one cell in the embryo can initiate a chain of
inductions that results in the formation of a particular organ.
Homeotic genes are involved in developmental patterns and sequences.
Box #3
• Describe how induction can lead to the development of an organism.
Hox genes are a group of related homeotic genes that control
the body plan of the embryo.
Pattern formation in animals and plants results from similar genetic and cellular mechanisms.
Pattern formation is the development of a spatial organization of tissues and organs.
• Occurs continually in plants• Is mostly limited to embryos and juveniles in
animals
An identical or very similar nucleotide
sequence has been discovered in the homeotic genes of both
vertebrates and invertebrates.
Adultfruit fly
Fruit fly embryo(10 hours)
Flychromosome
Mouse chromosomes
Mouse embryo(12 days)
Adult mouse
Embryonic induction in development results in the correct timing of events.
Box # 4
• Describe the function of homeotic genes
Temperature and the availability of water determine seed germination in
most plants.
Genetic mutations can result in abnormal development.
Snake with one limb.
Box # 5
• Describe environmental and mutations effect on development
Genetic transplantation experiments support the link between gene expression and normal development.
In nuclear transplantation, the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell or zygote is replaced
with the nucleus of a differentiated cell.
Experiments with frog embryos have shown that a transplanted nucleus can often support normal
development of the egg.
Frog embryo Frog egg cell Frog tadpole
Less differ-entiated cell
Donornucleustrans-planted
Enucleatedegg cell
Fully differ-entiated(intestinal) cell
Donornucleustrans-planted
Most developinto tadpoles
<2% developinto tadpoles
In 1997, Scottish researchers cloned a lamb from an adult sheep by nuclear
transplantation.
Dolly the Sheep
Reproductive Cloning
“Copy Cat” was the first cat ever cloned.
In most nuclear transplantation studies, few cloned embryos develop normally.
Genetic regulation by microRNAs plays an important role in the development of organisms and the control of cellular
functions.
MicroRNA (miRNA) are a small, non-coding RNA molecules that function in post-
transcriptional regulation of gene expression. They generally bind to their target mRNAs and repress protein synthesis by destabilizing the
mRNA.
Programmed cell death (apoptosis) plays a role in the normal development and differentiation.
Cell signaling is involved in programmed cell death.
Example: Morphogenesis of fingers and toes
Apoptosis plays a critical role in the sculpting of digits in vertebrate limbs. The death of the cells that would otherwise form inter digital webbing ‐enables individual fingers and toes to be formed.
Example: Development in the nematode C. elegans
Zygote
Nervoussystem,outerskin, mus-culature
Musculature,gonads
Outer skin,nervous system
Germ line(futuregametes)
Musculature
First cell division
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10 Hatching
Intestine
Intestine
Eggs Vulva
ANTERIOR POSTERIOR1.2 mm
As early as the four-cell stage in C. elegans, cell signaling helps direct daughter cells down the appropriate pathways. Induction is also critical later in nematode development as the embryo passes through three larval stages prior to becoming an adult. A protein in the outer mitochondrial membrane serves as a master regulator of apoptosis .
Example: Flower development
Floral meristems contain three cell types that affect flower
development.
Carpel
Petal
Stamen
Sepal
Floral meristem Tomato flower
Celllayers
L1L2L3
Box #6
• How does apoptosis aid in development?
Learning Objectives:LO 2.31 The student can connect concepts in and across domains to show that
timing and coordination of specific events are necessary for normal development in an organism and that these events are regulated by multiple mechanisms. [See SP 7.2]
LO 2.32 The student is able to use a graph or diagram to analyze situations or solve problems (quantitatively or qualitatively) that involve timing and coordination of events necessary for normal development in an organism. [See SP 1.4]
LO 2.33 The student is able to justify scientific claims with scientific evidence to show that timing and coordination of several events are necessary for normal development in an organism and that these events are regulated by multiple mechanisms. [See SP 6.1]
LO 2.34 The student is able to describe the role of programmed cell death in development and differentiation, the reuse of molecules, and the maintenance of dynamic homeostasis. [See SP 7.1]
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