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Cell division
Morphogenesis
Root
apical
meristem
Zygote Two cells
Embryo
(fertilized egg) Plant
inside seed
Developmental genetics is the study of how
genes control the growth and development
of an organism throughout its life-cycle
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– By following all cell divisions with a microscope, biologists have
constructed the organism’s complete cell lineage, a type of fate
map.
• A fate map traces the development of an embryo.
• The differences between cells in a multicellular
organism come almost entirely from differences in
gene expression, not differences in the cell’s
genomes.
• These differences arise during development, as
regulatory mechanisms turn specific genes off and
on.
• Much evidence supports the conclusion that nearly
all the cells of an organism have genomic
equivalence - that is, they all have the same genes.
• An important question that emerges is whether
genes are irreversibly inactivated during
differentiation.
How Dolly was Made
1. Cell divisions
2. Cell differentiation
3. Pattern formation
4. Morphogenesis
5. Growth
Five cell behaviors
1. Cell-cell communication
2. Cell shape changes
3. Cell movement
4. Cell proliferation
5. Cell death (apoptosis)
Gene expression results in cell behavior
and development.
Genes control cell behavior by controlling
which proteins are made by the cell.
Gene activity gives cell identity.
The Genetic Control
of Development
Gene Regulation in Development