Frog Embryo PDF
Frog Embryo PDF
Frog Embryo PDF
Learning objectives
By the end of this lecture students should be able to:
Understand the concept of blastulation in frog embryo Know Frogs early and late gastrulation. Describe neurilation & fate map of frog embryo
frog egg
Gamete Formation
frog sperm
Fertilization
Cleavage
Blastulation Gastrulation
top view
side view
blastocoel
Blastocoel
Vegetal Pole
mesoderm
endoderm
vegetal pole
Gastrulation begins when a small indented crease, 1 the dorsal lip of the blastopore, appears on one side of the blastula. The crease is formed by cells changing shape and pushing inward from the surface (invagination). Additional cells then roll inward over the dorsal lip (involution) and move into the interior, where they will form endoderm and mesoderm. Meanwhile, cells of the animal pole, the future ectoderm, change shape and begin spreading over the outer surface. The blastopore lip grows on both sides of the 2 embryo, as more cells invaginate. When the sides of the lip meet, the blastopore forms a circle that becomes smaller as ectoderm spreads downward over the surface. Internally, continued involution expands the endoderm and mesoderm, and the archenteron begins to form; as a result, the blastocoel becomes smaller.
3 Late in gastrulation, the endoderm-lined archenteron
Archenteron
has completely replaced the blastocoel and the three germ layers are in place. The circular blastopore surrounds a plug of yolk-filled cells.
Key
Future ectoderm Future mesoderm Future endoderm
Blastocoel remnant
Yolk plug
Yolk plug
Gastrula
The developmental fate of cells depends on their history and on inductive signals
Coupled with morphogenetic changes, development requires timely differentiation of cells at specific locations Two general principles cause differentiation:
early cleavage divisions, embryonic cells must become different from one another After cell asymmetries are set up, interactions among embryonic cells influence their fate, usually causing changes in gene expression
During
Newly formed mesoderm cells lie along main longitudinal axis of animal and combine to form a presumptive notochord Formation of the neural tube
Thickening of cells, neural plate, appears along the dorsal surface of the embryo Neural folds develop on either side of neural groove Coelom appears and neural tube is complete
Anterior end of the neural tube develops into the brain, and the rest becomes the spinal cord
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Neural folds
Early in vertebrate organogenesis, the notochord forms from mesoderm, and the neural plate forms from ectoderm
LM Neural fold
1 mm Neural plate
Neural fold
Neural plate
The neural plate soon curves inward, forming the neural tube
Neural crest
Eye
Somites
Tail bud
Mesoderm lateral to the notochord forms blocks called somites Lateral to the somites, the mesoderm splits to form the coelom
SEM
Neural tube
1 mm
Notochord Coelom
Neural crest
Somite
Gave indications that the lineage of cells making up the three germ layers created by gastrulation is traceable to cells in the blastula
Figure
Neural tube stage (transverse section) (a) Fate map of a frog embryo. The fates of groups of cells in a frog blastula (left) were determined in part by marking different regions of the blastula surface with nontoxic dyes of various colors. The embryos were sectioned at later stages of development, such as 47.23a the neural tube stage shown on the right, and the locations of the dyed cells determined. Blastula
Endoderm
(b) Cell lineage analysis in a tunicate. In lineage analysis, an individual cell is injected with a dye during cleavage, as indicated in the drawings of 64-cell embryos of a tunicate, an invertebrate chordate. The dark regions in the light micrographs of larvae correspond to the cells that developed from the two different blastomeres indicated in the drawings.
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ECTODERM Epidermis of skin and its derivatives (including sweat glands, hair follicles) Epithelial lining of mouth and rectum Sense receptors in epidermis Cornea and lens of eye Nervous system Adrenal medulla Tooth enamel Epithelium or pineal and pituitary glands
MESODERM Notochord Skeletal system Muscular system Muscular layer of stomach, intestine, etc. Excretory system Circulatory and lymphatic systems Reproductive system (except germ cells) Dermis of skin Lining of body cavity Adrenal cortex
ENDODERM Epithelial lining of digestive tract Epithelial lining of respiratory system Lining of urethra, urinary bladder, and reproductive system Liver Pancreas Thymus Thyroid and parathyroid glands
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