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Chapter 57: Cellular Mechanisms of Development


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Chapter 57: Cellular Mechanisms of Development

p. 1144: blastomeres, cleavage, animal pole, vegetal pole

p. 1146: blastula, gastrula, gastrulation, germ layers, neural tube, neurulation, neural crest, somites

p. 1147: larva, metamorphosis, syncytial blastoderm, instars, imaginal disks, pupa

p. 1149: neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAMs)

p. 1150: determinants, mosaic development, regulative development, induction, organizers, morphogen

p. 1151: totipotent, chimera, determination, differentiation, positional labels

p. 1153: bicoid

p. 1154: gap genes, nanos, pair-rule genes, segment polarity genes

p. 1155: homeotic genes, bithorax complex

p. 1156: antennapedia complex, homeobox

p. 1157: Hox genes

p. 1158: necrosis, apoptosis, antioxidants

p. 1165: wear and tear hypothesis, glycation

p. 1166: glycosylation end products (AGEs)

p. 1167: gene clock hypothesis, Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, Werner's syndrome

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