Developmental Biology
BIO 442
CHAPTER 4 TERMS TO KNOW
The following terms are freely used in your textbook. Make sure you know what they mean, how they are used, and how to use them. When an example is given, make sure you can describe and recall it. If a picture is provided, know what the structure looks like and where it is located. If a diagram describes an experiment, make sure you understand the experiment by being able to describe it in your own words. It is often helpful to look in other chapters of the book to gain a thorough understanding of how the terms are used. Although some terms may not be mentioned in class, as a student of developmental biology you are still responsible for understanding them. Do explore Vade Mecum and the Web sites.
Developmental Biology
BIO 442
Control of heredity
Polyspermy
Sea urchin
Ctenophore
Genomic equivalence
Genome
Metaplasia
Transdifferentiation
Newt eye
Dorsal iris
Ventral iris
Lens
Nuclear potency
Pluirpotency
Totipotency
Clone
Amphibian cloning
Nuclear transplantation
Enucleated egg or oocyte
Activated egg
Donor nucleus
Nuclear transplant embryo
Restricted nuclear potency
Somatic cell
Xenopus laevis
Wild type
Mutant
Mammalian cloning
Dolly
Somatic cell nuclear
transfer
Transgene
Transgenic animal
Differential gene
expression
Polytene chromosome
Chromosome puff
Balbiani ring
Molecular Techniques
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Techniques Web site
Nucleic acid hybridization
Reanneal
cDNA
Gel
Gel electrophoresis
Probe
DNA probe
Nitrocellulose
Southern blotting
Southern blot
Autoradiography
Northern blotting
Northern blot
Developmental Northern
Blots
Pax 6 expression
Homozygous
Heterozygous
In situ hybridization
Gene cloning
Plasmid
Vector DNA
Expression vector
Restriction enzyme
DNA ligase
Polymerase chain reaction
PCR
Reverse transcriptase
Oligonucleotide primers
Taq polymerase
Thermostable
Denature
Sequencing
Microinjection
Transfection
Electroporation
Viral transfection
Retroviral vector
Chimera
Hybrid
Chimeric mouse
Embryonic stem cells
Transgenic mouse
production
Homozygous transgenic
mouse
Heterozygous transgenic
mouse
Gene targeting
Gene knockout
Knockout mouse
Bone morphogenetic
protein 7 (BMP7)
Neomycin
Antisense mRNA technique
Sense mRNA
RNA interference
Krüppel gene
Positional gene cloning
Aniridia
PAX6 and Pax6 gene
Candidate gene mapping
Micropthalmia
Mi gene
MITF gene
DNA-binding protein
Waardenburg syndrome
type 2
Preimplantation genetic
diagnosis
DNA microarray
DNA macroarray
Probe
Target
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