Campbell Biology Chapter 47 (powell_h)
1) The structure of the Drosophila gene called Tinman is similar to a
gene in humans that also
A) promotes ear development.
B)
specifies the location of the heart.
C) determines structures in
the eyes.
D) specifies limb elongation points.
E) filters
lymphatic fluid.
Answer: B
2) As an embryo develops, new cells are produced as the result of
A) differentiation.
B) preformation.
C) cell
division.
D) morphogenesis.
E) epigenesis.
Answer: C
3) Fertilization of an egg without activation is most like
A)
placing the key in the ignition of a car but not starting the engine.
B) resting during halftime of a basketball game.
C)
preparing a pie from scratch and baking it in the oven.
D)
walking to the cafeteria and eating lunch.
E) dropping a rock
off a cliff and watching it land in the valley below.
Answer: A
4) Contact of a sperm with signal molecules in the coat of an egg
causes the sperm to undergo
A) mitosis.
B) depolarization.
C) apoptosis.
D) vitellogenesis.
E) the acrosomal reaction.
Answer: E
5) Even in the absence of sperm, metabolic activity in an egg can be
artificially activated by
A) abnormally high levels of carbonic
acid in the cytosol.
B) abnormally low levels of extracellular
oxygen.
C) injection of calcium ions into the cytosol.
D)
exposure to the low pH of the uterus.
E) depletion of its ATP supplies.
Answer: C
6) The formation of the fertilization membrane requires an increase
in the availability of
A) bicarbonate ions.
B) calcium
ions.
C) hydrogen ions.
D) potassium ions.
E) sodium ions.
Answer: B
7) A sea urchin zygote undergoes its first cell division
A) 5
seconds after fertilization.
B) 30 minutes after fertilization.
C) 90 minutes after fertilization.
D) 4 hours after
fertilization.
E) 24 hours after fertilization.
Answer: C
8) A human zygote undergoes its first cell division
A) 5
seconds after fertilization.
B) 30 minutes after fertilization.
C) 90 minutes after fertilization.
D) 4 hours after
fertilization.
E) 24 hours after fertilization.
Answer: E
9) A reproductive difference between sea urchins and humans is
A) the sea urchin egg completes meiosis prior to fertilization,
but meiosis in humans is completed after fertilization.
B) sea
urchin eggs are produced by meiosis, but human eggs are produced by
mitosis.
C) sea urchin eggs and sperm are of equal size, but
human eggs are much bigger than human sperm.
D) sea urchins, but
not humans, have a need to block polyspermy because only in sea
urchins can there be more than one source of sperm to fertilize the
eggs.
E) sea urchin zygotes get their mitochondria from the
sperm but human zygotes get their mitochondria from the egg.
Answer: A
10) Contact of a sea urchin egg with signal molecules on sperm causes
the egg to undergo a brief
A) mitosis.
B) membrane
depolarization.
C) apoptosis.
D) vitellogenesis.
E)
acrosomal reaction.
Answer: B
11) During fertilization, the acrosomal contents
A) block
polyspermy.
B) help propel more sperm toward the egg.
C)
digest the protective jelly coat on the surface of the egg.
D)
nourish the mitochondria of the sperm.
E) trigger the completion
of meiosis by the sperm.
Answer: C
12) The vitelline layer of the sea urchin egg
A) is outside of
the fertilization membrane.
B) releases calcium, which initiates
the cortical reaction.
C) has receptor molecules that are
specific for binding acrosomal proteins.
D) is first visible
only when organogenesis is nearly completed.
E) is a mesh of
proteins crossing through the cytosol of the egg.
Answer: C
13) In a newly fertilized egg, the vitelline layer
A) opens the
egg's nuclear membrane to allow haploid sperm DNA to enter.
B)
hardens to form a protective cover.
C) secretes hormones that
enhance steroidogenesis by the ovary.
D) reduces the loss of
water from the egg and prevents desiccation.
E) provides most of
the nutrients used by the zygote.
Answer: B
14) From earliest to latest, the overall sequence of early
development proceeds in which of the following sequences?
A)
first cell division → synthesis of embryo's DNA begins → acrosomal
reaction → cortical reaction
B) cortical reaction → synthesis of
embryo's DNA begins → acrosomal reaction → first cell division
C) cortical reaction → acrosomal reaction → first cell division
→ synthesis of embryo's DNA begins
D) first cell division →
synthesis of embryo's DNA begins → acrosomal reaction → cortical
reaction
E) acrosomal reaction → cortical reaction → synthesis
of embryo's DNA begins → first cell division
Answer: E
15) The cortical reaction functions directly in the
A)
formation of a fertilization envelope.
B) production of a fast
block to polyspermy.
C) release of hydrolytic enzymes from the
sperm cell.
D) generation of a nerve-like impulse by the egg
cell.
E) fusion of egg and sperm nuclei.
Answer: A
16) In sea urchins, the "fast block" and the longer lasting
"slow block" to polyspermy, respectively, are
A) the
acrosomal reaction and the formation of egg white.
B) the
cortical reaction and the formation of yolk protein.
C) the
jelly coat of the egg and the vitelline membrane.
D) membrane
depolarization and the cortical reaction.
E) inactivation of the
sperm acrosome.
Answer: D
17) In an egg cell treated with EDTA, a chemical that binds calcium
and magnesium ions, the
A) acrosomal reaction would be blocked.
B) fusion of sperm and egg nuclei would be blocked.
C)
fast block to polyspermy would not occur.
D) fertilization
envelope would not be formed.
E) zygote would not contain
maternal and paternal chromosomes.
Answer: D
18) In mammals, the nuclei resulting from the union of the sperm and
the egg are first truly diploid at the end of the
A) acrosomal
reaction.
B) completion of spermatogenesis.
C) initial
cleavage.
D) activation of the egg.
E) completion of gastrulation.
Answer: C
19) Fertilization normally
A) reinstates diploidy.
B)
follows gastrulation.
C) is required for parthenogenesis.
D) merges two diploid cells into one haploid cell.
E)
precedes ovulation.
Answer: A
20) In mammalian eggs, the receptors for sperm are found in the
A) fertilization membrane.
B) zona pellucida.
C)
cytosol of the egg.
D) nucleus of the egg.
E) mitochondria
of the egg.
Answer: B
21) Compared to sea urchin eggs, those of mammals
A) complete
the fertilization process more rapidly.
B) have not already
completed meiosis at the time of ovulation.
C) have a more
distinct animal pole.
D) have a more distinct vegetal pole.
E) have no requirement for the cortical reaction.
Answer: B
22) A human blastomere is
A) an embryonic cell that is much
smaller than the ovum.
B) an embryonic structure that includes a
fluid-filled cavity.
C) that part of the acrosome that opens the
egg's membrane.
D) a component of the zona pellucida.
E) a
cell that contains a (degenerating) second polar body.
Answer: A
23) At the moment of sperm penetration, human eggs
A) have used
flagellar propulsion to move from the ovary to the oviduct.
B)
accept as many sperm as possible in order to select the one with the
highest fertility.
C) are still located within the ovary.
D) have a paper-thin cell of calcium carbonate that prevents
desiccation.
E) are still surrounded by follicular cells.
Answer: E
24) In a developing frog embryo, most of the yolk is
A) located
near the animal pole.
B) located near the vegetal pole.
C)
found within the cleavage furrow.
D) found within the
blastocoels.
E) distributed equally throughout the embryo.
Answer: B
25) Among these choices, the largest cell involved in frog
reproduction is
A) the spermatozoon.
B) the ovum.
C)
a blastomere in the vegetal pole.
D) a blastomere in the animal
pole.
E) one of the products of the first cleavage.
Answer: B
26) The pattern of embryonic development in which only the cells
lacking yolk subsequently undergo cleavage is called
A) arcadian
development, which is typical of insects.
B) holoblastic
development, which is typical of marsupial mammals.
C)
meroblastic development, which is typical of humans.
D)
holoblastic development, which is typical of amphibians.
E)
meroblastic development, which is typical of birds.
Answer: E
27) As cleavage continues during frog development, the size of the
blastomeres
A) increases as the number of the blastomeres
decreases.
B) increases as the number of the blastomeres
increases.
C) decreases as the number of the blastomeres
increases.
D) decreases as the number of the blastomeres
decreases.
E) increases as the number of the blastomeres stays
the same.
Answer: C
28) During the early part of the cleavage stage in frog development,
the rapidly developing cells
A) skip the mitosis phase of the
cell cycle.
B) skip the S phase of the cell cycle.
C) skip
the G₁ and G₂ phases of the cell cycle.
D) rapidly increase the
volume and mass of the embryo.
E) skip the cytokinesis phase of
the cell cycle.
Answer: C
29) The vegetal pole of the zygote differs from the animal pole in
that
A) the vegetal pole has a higher concentration of yolk.
B) the blastomeres originate only in the vegetal pole.
C)
the posterior end of the embryo forms at the vegetal pole.
D)
the vegetal pole cells undergo mitosis but not cytokinesis.
E)
the polar bodies bud from this region.
Answer: A
30) The small portion of the embryo that will become its dorsal side
develops from the
A) morula.
B) primitive streak.
C)
archenteron.
D) gray crescent.
E) blastocoel.
Answer: D
31) The yolk of the frog egg
A) prevents gastrulation.
B)
is concentrated at the animal pole.
C) is homogeneously arranged
in the egg.
D) impedes the formation of a primitive streak.
E) supports the higher rate of cleavage at the animal pole
compared to the vegetal pole.
Answer: E
32) An embryo with meroblastic cleavage, extraembryonic membranes,
and a primitive streak must be that of
A) an insect.
B) a
fish.
C) an amphibian.
D) a bird.
E) a sea urchin.
Answer: D
33) Meroblastic cleavage occurs in
A) sea urchins, but not
humans or birds.
B) humans, but not sea urchins or birds.
C) birds, but not sea urchins or humans.
D) both sea
urchins and birds, but not humans.
E) both humans and birds, but
not sea urchins.
Answer: C
34) Which of the following correctly displays the sequence of
developmental milestones?
A) cleavage → blastula → gastrula →
morula
B) cleavage → gastrula → morula → blastula
C)
cleavage → morula → blastula → gastrula
D) gastrula → morula →
blastula → cleavage
E) morula → cleavage → gastrula → blastula
Answer: C
35) Cells move to new positions as an embryo establishes its three
germ tissue layers during
A) determination.
B) cleavage.
C) fertilization.
D) induction.
E) gastrulation.
Answer: E
36) The outer-to-inner sequence of tissue layers in a
post-gastrulation vertebrate embryo is
A) endoderm → ectoderm →
mesoderm.
B) mesoderm → endoderm → ectoderm.
C) ectoderm →
mesoderm → endoderm.
D) ectoderm → endoderm → mesoderm.
E)
endoderm → mesoderm → ectoderm.
Answer: C
37) If gastrulation was blocked by an environmental toxin, then
A) cleavage would not occur in the zygote.
B) embryonic
germ layers would not form.
C) fertilization would be blocked.
D) the blastula would not be formed.
E) the blastopore
would form above the gray crescent in the animal pole.
Answer: B
38) The archenteron of the developing frog eventually develops into
the
A) reproductive organs.
B) blastocoel.
C) heart
and lungs.
D) digestive tract.
E) brain and spinal cord.
Answer: D
39) The vertebrate ectoderm is the origin of the
A) nervous
system.
B) liver.
C) pancreas.
D) heart.
E) kidneys.
Answer: A
40) In frog embryos, the blastopore becomes the
A) anus.
B) ears.
C) eyes.
D) nose.
E) mouth.
Answer: A
41) In a frog embryo, gastrulation
A) produces a blastocoel
displaced into the animal hemisphere.
B) occurs along the
primitive streak in the animal hemisphere.
C) is impossible
because of the large amount of yolk in the ovum.
D) proceeds by
involution as cells roll over the lip of the blastopore.
E)
occurs within the inner cell mass that is embedded in the large amount
of yolk.
Answer: D
42) The earliest developmental stage among these choices is
A)
germ layers.
B) morula.
C) blastopore.
D)
gastrulation.
E) invagination.
Answer: B
43) Which of the following is a correct description of an anatomical
relationship?
A) The mesoderm gives rise to the notochord.
B) The endoderm gives rise to the hair follicles.
C) The
ectoderm gives rise to the liver.
D) The mesoderm gives rise to
the lungs.
Answer: A
44) An open space within the gastrula is the
A) ectoderm.
B) mesoderm.
C) archenteron.
D) endoderm.
E)
neural crest cells.
Answer: C
45) Although it contributes no cells to the embryo, the formation of
the primitive streak is guided by the structure known as the
A)
endoderm.
B) mesoderm.
C) ectoderm.
D) neural crest.
E) hypoblast.
Answer: E
46) The primitive streak in a bird is the functional equivalent of
A) the lip of the blastopore in the frog.
B) the
archenteron in a frog.
C) polar bodies in a sea urchin.
D)
the notochord in a mammal.
E) neural crest cells in a mammal.
Answer: A
47) In all vertebrate animals, development requires
A) a large
supply of yolk.
B) an aqueous environment.
C)
extraembryonic membranes.
D) an amnion.
E) a primitive streak.
Answer: B
48) The least amount of yolk would be found in the egg of a
A)
bird.
B) fish.
C) frog.
D) eutherian (placental)
mammal.
E) reptile.
Answer: D
49) A primitive streak forms during the early embryonic development
of
A) birds, but not frogs or humans.
B) frogs, but not
birds or humans.
C) humans, but not birds or frogs.
D)
birds and frogs, but not humans.
E) humans and birds, but not frogs.
Answer: E
50) Extraembryonic membranes develop in
A) mammals, but not
birds or lizards.
B) birds, but not mammals or lizards.
C)
lizards, but not mammals or birds.
D) mammals and birds, but not
lizards.
E) mammals, birds, and lizards.
Answer: E
51) At the time of implantation, the human embryo is called a
A) blastocyst.
B) gastrula.
C) fetus.
D)
somite.
E) zygote.
Answer: A
52) Uterine implantation due to enzymatic digestion of the
endometrium is initiated by the
A) inner cell mass.
B)
endoderm.
C) chorion.
D) mesoderm.
E) trophoblast.
Answer: E
53) In placental mammals, the yolk sac
A) transfers nutrients
from the yolk to the embryo.
B) differentiates into the
placenta.
C) becomes a fluid-filled sac that surrounds and
protects the embryo.
D) produces blood cells that then migrate
into the embryo.
E) stores waste products from the embryo until
the placenta develops.
Answer: D
54) Gases are exchanged in a mammalian embryo in the
A) amnion.
B) hypoblast.
C) chorion.
D) trophoblast.
E)
yolk sac.
Answer: C
55) Thalidomide, now banned for use as a sedative in pregnancy, was
used in the early 1960s by many women in their first trimester of
pregnancy. Some of these women gave birth to children with arm and leg
deformities, suggesting that the drug most likely influenced
A)
early cleavage divisions.
B) determination of the polarity of
the zygote.
C) differentiation of bone tissue.
D)
morphogenesis.
E) organogenesis.
Answer: D
56) The migratory neural crest cells
A) form most of the
central nervous system.
B) serve as precursor cells for the
notochord.
C) form the spinal cord in the frog.
D) form
neural and non-neural structures in the periphery.
E) form the
lining of the lungs and of the digestive tract.
Answer: D
57) From earliest to latest, the overall sequence of early
development proceeds in which of the following sequences?
A)
gastrulation → organogenesis → cleavage
B) ovulation →
gastrulation → fertilization
C) cleavage → gastrulation →
organogenesis
D) gastrulation → blastulation → neurulation
E) preformation → morphogenesis → neurulation
Answer: C
58) Changes in both cell shape and cell position occur extensively
during
A) gastrulation, but not organogenesis or cleavage.
B) organogenesis, but not gastrulation or cleavage.
C)
cleavage, but not gastrulation or organogenesis.
D) gastrulation
and organogenesis, but not cleavage.
E) gastrulation,
organogenesis, and cleavage.
Answer: E
59) Changes in the shape of a cell usually involve a reorganization
of the
A) nucleus.
B) cytoskeleton.
C) extracellular
matrix.
D) transport proteins.
E) nucleolus.
Answer: B
60) Animal development compares to plant development in that
A)
plant cells, but not animal cells, migrate during morphogenesis.
B) animal cells, but not plant cells, migrate during
morphogenesis.
C) plant cells and animal cells migrate
extensively during morphogenesis.
D) neither plant cells nor
animal cells migrate during morphogenesis.
E) plant cells, but
not animal cells, undergo convergent extension.
Answer: B
61) Cadherins and other cell-adhesion molecules that guide cell
migration are
A) steroid hormones.
B) glycoproteins.
C) fatty acids.
D) prostacyclins.
E) ribonucleic acids.
Answer: B
62) To meet a zygote's metabolic and developmental requirements,
A) maternal RNA and maternal proteins must be present.
B)
paternal RNA and maternal proteins must be present.
C) the
haploid DNA in the nucleus must be transcribed.
D) the nucleus
must have hundreds of copies of every gene, allowing a high rate of
gene expression.
E) the zygote must continuously undergo
endocytosis of proteins to take them from its environment.
Answer: A
63) Select the choice that correctly associates the organ with its
embryonic sources.
A) anterior pituitary glandmesoderm and
endoderm
B) thyroid glandmesoderm and ectoderm
C) adrenal
glandectoderm and mesoderm
D) skinendoderm and mesoderm
E) brainmesoderm and endoderm
Answer: C
64) The first cavity formed during sea urchin development is the
A) blastopore.
B) mouth.
C) blastocoel.
D) anus.
Answer: C
65) Human trophoblasts
A) form the inner cell mass.
B)
form from ectoderm.
C) are the precursors of the mesoderm.
D) are of embryonic origin and function in embryo nutrition.
E) are of maternal origin and function in embryo gas exchange.
Answer: D
66) The embryonic precursor to the human spinal cord is the
A)
notochord.
B) neural tube.
C) mesoderm.
D)
archenteron.
E) set of bilateral somites.
Answer: B
67) Animal cells that are present only for a brief developmental
phase will, following completion of that phase, undergo
A)
diapause.
B) apoptosis
C) meiosis.
D) oxidative
phosphorylation.
E) re-differentiation.
Answer: B
68) The term applied to a morphogenetic process whereby cells extend
themselves, making the mass of the cells narrower and longer, is
A) convergent extension.
B) induction.
C)
elongational streaming.
D) bi-axial elongation.
E)
blastomere formation.
Answer: A
69) During gastrulation in frog embryos, fibronectin
A)
provides an extracellular anchorage for migrating cells.
B)
regulates actin-myosin interactions in the cytosol of migrating cells.
C) reduces the entry of calcium ions into migrating cells.
D) regulates mRNA movement out of the nucleus of a moving cell.
E) provides the pigment that accumulates in the primitive streak.
Answer: A
70) Which of the following is the anatomical axis that is largely
symmetrical in both frogs and humans?
A) medial to lateral
B) dorsal to ventral
C) anterior to posterior
D)
animal to vegetal
E) rostral to caudal
Answer: A
71) If an amphibian zygote is manipulated so that the first cleavage
plane fails to divide the gray crescent, then
A) the daughter
cell with the entire gray crescent will die.
B) both daughter
cells will develop normally because amphibians are totipotent at this
stage.
C) only the daughter cell with the gray crescent will
develop normally.
D) both daughter cells will develop
abnormally.
E) both daughter cells will die immediately.
Answer: C
72) In humans, identical twins are possible because
A) of the
heterogeneous distribution of cytoplasmic determinants in unfertilized
eggs.
B) of interactions between extraembryonic cells and the
zygote nucleus.
C) of convergent extension.
D) early
blastomeres can form a complete embryo if isolated.
E) the gray
crescent divides the dorsal-ventral axis into new cells.
Answer: D
73) Hans Spemann and colleagues developed the concept of the primary
organizer in amphibian embryos while studying the
A) medial
cells between the optic cups.
B) anterior terminus of the
notochord.
C) lateral margins of the neural tube.
D)
posterior edge of the dorsal ectoderm.
E) dorsal lip of the blastopore.
Answer: E
74) In frogs, formation of the eye lens is induced by chemical
signals from
A) cells that will become the neural plate.
B) cells that are forming the inner ear.
C) an outgrowth
of the developing brain.
D) both cells that will become the
neural plate and cells that are forming the inner ear.
E) both
cells that will become the neural plate and an outgrowth of the
developing brain.
Answer: E
75) Which of the following is an adult organism that has fewer than
1,000 cells?
A) chickens, Gallus domesticus
B) African
clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis
C) humans, Homo sapiens
D)
fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster
E) nematodes,
Caenorhabditis elegans
Answer: E
76) The developmental precursors to the gonadal tissues of C. elegans
uniquely contain
A) proteins of maternal origin.
B) high
concentrations of potassium ions.
C) haploid proteins.
D)
T tubules for the propagation of action potentials.
E) P
granules of mRNA and protein.
Answer: E
77) Two primary factors in shaping the polarity of the body axes in
chick embryos are
A) light and temperature.
B) salt
gradients and membrane potentials.
C) gravity and pH.
D)
moisture and mucus.
E) location of sperm penetration and
cortical reaction.
Answer: C
78) The arrangement of organs and tissues in their characteristic
places in 3-D space defines
A) pattern formation.
B)
induction.
C) differentiation.
D) determination.
E) organogenesis.
Answer: A
79) If the apical ectodermal ridge is surgically removed from an
embryo, it will lose
A) positional information for limb-bud
pattern formation.
B) guidance signals needed for correct
gastrulation.
C) unequal cytokinesis of blastomeres.
D)
the developmental substrate for the gonads.
E) the developmental
substrate for the kidneys.
Answer: A
80) The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
A) is composed of a
single cell, in which the developmental origin of each protein has
been mapped.
B) is composed of about 1,000 cells, in which the
developmental origin of each cell has been mapped.
C) has only a
single chromosome, which has been fully sequenced.
D) has about
1,000 genes, each of which has been fully sequenced.
E)
uniquely, among animals, utilizes programmed cell death during normal development.
Answer: B
In a study of the development of frog embryos, researchers stained
several early gastrulas with vital dyes and noted the locations of the
dyes after gastrulation. The results are shown in the following table.
81) The ectoderm should give rise to tissues containing
A)
yellow and purple colors.
B) purple and green colors.
C)
green and red colors.
D) red and blue colors.
E) red and
yellow colors.
Answer: D
In a study of the development of frog embryos, researchers stained
several early gastrulas with vital dyes and noted the locations of the
dyes after gastrulation. The results are shown in the following table.
82) The mesoderm was probably stained with a
A) blue
color.
B) yellow color.
C) red color.
D) purple
color.
E) green color.
Answer: B
In a study of the development of frog embryos, researchers stained
several early gastrulas with vital dyes and noted the locations of the
dyes after gastrulation. The results are shown in the following table.
83) The endoderm was probably stained with
A) red and
yellow colors.
B) yellow and green colors.
C) green and
purple colors.
D) blue and yellow colors.
E) purple and
red colors.
Answer: C
84) When you slice up a pie that contains a swirled mixture of
chocolate and vanilla filling, you notice that some slices have more
chocolate than vanilla and that other slices have more vanilla than
chocolate. This uneven distribution of chocolate and vanilla is most
like the uneven distribution of
A) nuclei in a zygote.
B)
nuclei in an early embryo.
C) nuclei in an egg prior to
fertilization.
D) cytoplasmic determinants in a newly formed
zygote.
E) cytoplasmic determinants in a baby just prior to birth.
Answer: D
85) Assume that successful reproduction in a rare salamander species,
wherein all individuals are females, relies on those females having
access to sperm from males of another species but that the resulting
embryos show no signs of a genetic contribution from the sperm. In
this case, the sperm appear to be used only for
A)
morphogenesis.
B) epigenesis.
C) egg activation.
D)
cell differentiation.
E) the creation of a diploid cell.
Answer: C
86) The cortical reaction of sea urchin eggs functions directly in
A) the formation of a fertilization envelope.
B) the
production of a fast block to polyspermy.
C) the release of
hydrolytic enzymes from the sperm.
D) the generation of an
electrical impulse by the egg.
E) the fusion of egg and sperm nuclei.
Answer: A
87) Which of the following is common to the development of both birds
and mammals?
A) holoblastic cleavage
B) epiblast and
hypoblast
C) trophoblast
D) yolk plug
E) gray crescent
Answer: B
88) The archenteron develops into
A) the mesoderm.
B) the
blastocoel.
C) the endoderm.
D) the placenta.
E) the
lumen of the digestive tract.
Answer: E
89) What structural adaptation in chickens allows them to lay their
eggs in arid environments rather than in water?
A)
extraembryonic membranes
B) yolk
C) cleavage
D)
gastrulation
E) development of the brain from ectoderm
Answer: A
90) In an egg cell treated with EDTA, a chemical that binds calcium
and magnesium ions,
A) the acrosomal reaction would be blocked.
B) the fusion of sperm and egg nuclei would be blocked.
C)
the fast block to polyspermy would not occur.
D) the
fertilization envelope would not form.
E) the zygote would not
contain maternal and paternal chromosomes.
Answer: D
91) In humans, identical twins are possible because
A)
cytoplasmic determinants are distributed unevenly in unfertilized
eggs.
B) extraembryonic cells interact with the zygote nucleus.
C) convergent extension occurs.
D) early blastomeres can
form a complete embryo if isolated.
E) the gray crescent divides
the dorsal-ventral axis into new cells.
Answer: D
92) Cells transplanted from the neural tube of a frog embryo to the
ventral part of another embryo develop into nervous system tissues.
This result indicates that the transplanted cells were
A)
totipotent.
B) determined.
C) differentiated.
D)
mesenchymal.
E) apoptotic.
Answer: B