IMPORTANT GENES OF EMBRYOGENESIS Flashcards

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zone of polarizing activity at base of limb buds

anterior-posterior axis patterning, CNS development

mutations to holoprosencephaly

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sonic hedgehog (SHH) gene

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apical ectodermal ridge at distal end of each limb

dorsal ventral axis patterning, limb development

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Wnt-7 gene

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apical ectodermal ridge

limb lengthening via mitosis of mesoderm

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fibroblast growth factor (FGF) gene

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4
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multiple

segmental org in cranial caudal direction, transcription factor coding

mutations leading to appendages in wrong locations. Isotretinoin leading to increased Hox gene expression

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homeobox (Hox) gene

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