Developmental Biology 3302 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers.

Developmental Biology 3302 Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers

Embryo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Multicellular organism at any stage of
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development < birth or hatching
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Fetus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vertebrate embryo after attaining basic form
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Embryology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of embryos
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Developmental Biology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of embryonic processes
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(plant meristems, insect imaginal discs)
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Embryogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process of growth, shaping, and
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patterning


Morphogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The development of shape
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Differentiation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process whereby cells become different
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(specialization)


Differentiated State - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of cellular specialization
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(kidney cell, blood cell, muscle cell, etc)
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, Pattern Formation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Spatial control (position) of
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differentiation (state) |




Positional Information - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Information a cell has about its
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position within a group of cells (usually a cell's coordinate)
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Positional Value - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The record (memory) of a cell's
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positional information |




Field - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A group of cells capable of regulation
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Regulation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The homeostatic process whereby a group of
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cells achieves its original fate despite removal or addition of tissue
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Regeneration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The replacement of missing parts (if it's
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epimorphic)


Morphallaxis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regulation without growth
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Epimorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regulation involving growth
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Algorithm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of instructions carried out in a specific
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sequence