E N D
1. Embryonic Cleavage Rapid division to produce many cells
Reduction of nuclear to cytoplasm ratio
Distribution of cytoplasmic determinants
Initial induction/differentiation
Initial axis formation
2. The Cell Cycle
9. Cleavage patterns Amount and distribution of yolk
Alecithal, isolecithal: Holoblastic
Centrolecithal, telolecithal: Meroblastic
Orientation of mitotic spindle
Categories: Radial, bilateral, rotational, superficial, spiral
11. Sea Urchin: Radial, Holoblastic
14. Amphibian: Bilateral (Radial?), Holoblastic
19. Extreme telolecithal: Fish, reptiles, birds
Meroblastic or discoidal cleavage
23. Mammals Slow cell cycles: 12-24 h
Rotational cleavage
Early cell division asynchronous
Early activation of embryonic genome
Compaction and cavitation
25. Compaction Polarization events in blastomeres
Localization of proteins, microvilli, junctions
Starts cell differentiation: trophoblast vs. inner cell mass
30. Conjoined Twins Single placenta, amnion, egg
Same sex (usually female)
1/40,000 total births, 1/200,000 live births
Genetic/environmental causes
Example Categories:
Craniophagus
Pygophagus
Thoracophagus
Ischiopagus
Parapagus
32. Spiral Cleavage Annelids, molluscs
Mitotic apparatus oblique with respect to A-V axis
Spiral stack of cells with largest on bottom
No blastocoel: stereoblastula
Dextral vs. sinistral
Maternal inheritance