Question 1

Rieger syndrome,which affects development of both the teeth and eyes,results from haploinsufficiency in which gene in humans?

Accepted Answer

A)   NODAL
B)   PITX2
C)   SHH
D)   LEFTY1
E)   FGF8 B

Question 2

A researcher inactivates Lefty1,a gene expressed in the anterior visceral endoderm of the mouse.What effect would inactivation of this gene have on the gastrula-stage embryo?

Accepted Answer

A)   The epiblast becomes abnormally thickened throughout its cranial-caudal extent.
B)   The primitive streak fails to form.
C)   The endoderm fails to form.
D)   The neural plate fails to form.
E)   Extra primitive streaks form. E

Question 3

Which tissues ingress through the cranial end of the primitive streak?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prospective neural plate
B)   Prospective cardiogenic mesoderm
C)   Prospective extraembryonic mesoderm
D)   Prospective surface ectoderm
E)   Prospective lateral plate mesodermF)  Prospective placodal ectoderm B

Question 4

Patterning of the mesoderm involves so-called dorsalizing and ventralizing factors.Inactivation of which protein(s)in the early embryo would be expected to result in dorsalized mesoderm?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chordin
B)   Noggin
C)   Follistatin
D)   Fgfs
E)   Wnts

Question 5

Caudal dysplasia results from defects in which developmental process?

Accepted Answer

A)   Fertilization
B)   Neurulation
C)   Cleavage
D)   Gametogenesis
E)   ImplantationF)  Gastrulation

Question 6

In a classical experiment,a portion of an amphibian gastrula was transplanted to the belly region of another embryo,resulting in the formation of a secondary embryo organized by the graft from host tissue.The equivalent area of the human embryo that would be expected to have similar organizer activity is what structure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Node
B)   Somites
C)   Cardiac mesoderm
D)   Cloacal membrane
E)   Body fold

Question 7

Alagille syndrome involves a failure of proper segmentation of the paraxial mesoderm,ultimately resulting in defects of the vertebral column.Which signaling pathway is mutated in patients with Alagille?

Accepted Answer

A)   Notch-Delta
B)   TGF-beta
C)   Tyrosine Kinase
D)   Ephrin-EPH
E)   Integrin

Question 8

A man with recurrent respiratory infections and infertility is diagnosed with Kartagener syndrome.Mutations in the gene encoding which protein cause this syndrome?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dynein
B)   Surfactant
C)   FGF8
D)   BMP2
E)   Insulin

Question 9

A researcher knocks out the Tbx6 gene in a mouse.Which tissue will not form in the early embryo?

Accepted Answer

A)   Neural plate
B)   Notochord
C)   Lateral plate mesoderm
D)   Endoderm
E)   Somites

Question 10

A boy is admitted to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.During surgery it is noted that the inflamed appendix is located on the left side,rather than the right side,and that the patient has situs inversus viscerum totalis.Mutations in which gene are known to cause this condition in animal models?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pitx2
B)   Bmp4
C)   Hoxd13
D)   Chordin
E)   Tbx3

Exam 4: Third Week: Becoming Trilaminar and Establishing Body Axes