Question 1
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Homozygous mutations of PAX6 in humans cause Aniridia
Question 2
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what is at the vegetal pole of xenopus oocytes
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Veg-1
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yolk
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Most mRNA's
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ribosomes
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tRNA's
Question 3
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What is the cortical reaction?
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a block to polyspermy in the sea urchin
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The sperm penetrating through the egg membrane
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Activation of the egg once sperm has enters
Question 4
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What is the correct order of the life cycle of embryo development to adult
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zygote->cleavage->gastrulation-> neurulation ->organogenesis->metamorphosis->adult
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zygote->cleavage->gastrulation-> organogenesis->neurulation->metamorphosis->adult
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zygote->cleavage->gastrulation-> neurulation ->metamorphosis->organogenesis->adult
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zygote->cleavage-> neurulation->gastrulation ->organogenesis->metamorphosis->adult
Question 5
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Which of the following apply the the PAX6 gene in drosophila
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Paired gene
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chromosome 11
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Gap gene
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chromosome 2
Question 6
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Genes can change activity during development
Question 7
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which of the following are cleavage patterns
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Holoblastic
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Meroblastic
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Superlateral
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All of these
Question 8
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Sperm entry to the egg triggers Mg2+ release which acts on cell cycle proteins and initiates cleavage
Question 9
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What does mesoderm give rise to?
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Cartilage
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Muscle
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Bone
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Dermis
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Kidney
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Blood
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Gut tissue
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epidermis
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Nervous system
Question 10
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What does ectoderm turn into
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Epidermis
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Nervous system
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Gut tissue
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Bone
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Cartilage
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Muscle
Question 11
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C.elegans has no hedgehog signalling
Question 12
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Which of these apply to the mutagenesis technique?
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Random gene is altered
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specific gene is altered
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Males treated with mutagen and crossed with wild-type females
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Females treated with mutagen and crossed with wild-type males
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recombinant DNA technology
Question 13
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Which of these apply to the transgenesis technique?
Question 14
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Which of these apply to the mutagenesis technique?
Question 15
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Which organisms is mutagenesis a suitable gene
Question 16
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commitment is not shown by a fate map
Question 17
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Regulative development is shown by models from the following scientists
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Driesh- sea urchin
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Roux- frog
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Both of these
Question 18
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Which of the following applies to regulative development?
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damage to cells early on in development does not result in a defective organism
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damage to cells early on in development results in a defective organism
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Cells determined early on
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non-autonomous development
Question 19
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most type of development is mosaic
Question 20
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which of the following apply to the bicoid mRNA
Question 21
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The french flag model is a model for mosaic development
Question 22
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Which experiment(s) is used to demonstrate competence?
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xenopus cap assay
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Amphibian organiser
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Both of these
Question 23
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How many somites die in the C.elegans embryo
Question 24
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Which of the following are properties of an ideal marker?
Question 25
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Which of the following are properties of an ideal marker?
Question 26
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Which of the following are examples of markers
Question 27
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MyoD is sufficient and required for muscle development
Question 28
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Which term is this definition for? - over expression of transcription unit, it is a gain of function mutation
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amorph
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hypomorph
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hypermorph
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Antimorph
Question 29
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In the Brachyury gene in the mouse, a homozygous mutation results in?
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short tail
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embryonic lethal
Question 30
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which organism(s) are unsuitable for mutagenesis and a mutagenesis screen
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frog and chick
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chick
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frog, chick and bacteria
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frog, chick and mouse
Question 31
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Different mutations in the same gene is called and allelic series
Question 32
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In complementation testing, if two genes complement each other they ...
Question 33
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what are epistasis experiments used for?
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working out the order of gene action in a pathway
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working out which genes are in a pathway
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working out if mutations are on the same or different genes
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working out the genotype of a mutant
Question 34
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The drosophila gene 'white' is required for the development of white eyes
Question 35
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which of the following are defects from kit and steel mutations?
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Anaemia
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coat pigmentation
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embryonic lethal
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short tail
Question 36
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There are two classes of segment polarity genes; hedgehog-like and patched-like. Which genes belong to the hedge-hog like?
Question 37
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The body plan along the embryo is controlled by Hox genes along the DV axis
Question 38
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which of the following maternal effect gene(s) are in the ventralised class?
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Dorsal
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Spatzle
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Toll
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cactus
Question 39
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what does local application of FGF4 after removal of AER results in..
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no effect
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limb development- radius and ulna fully developed but only partial digit development
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limb development- but only partial development
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limb development- Digits fully developed but radius and ulna only partially developed
Question 40
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Length of time spent in AER determines cell fate according to position over proximal distal axis.
Question 41
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In proneural clusters, one cells becomes a neuroblast (primary fate), whilst the other cells become the secondary fate which is..
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epidemermis
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neurons
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fibroblasts
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mesenchyme
Question 42
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The proneural cluster gives rise to a neuroblast through lateral inhibition of which receptor and ligand pair?
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Kit and steel
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Delta and Notch
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FGF and FGFR
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Delta and steel
Question 43
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Most forms of Anchondroplasia come from mutations in which FGF gene?