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The Role of Cytoplasmic Determinants in Embryonic Development

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The Molecular Biology of Cell Determination and Cell Differentiation

Part of the book series: Developmental Biology ((DEBO,volume 5))

Abstract

Many different types of cells arise from the totipotent egg during embryonic development. Two distinct concepts have been formulated to explain how this diversity of cell types is generated. The first is that the egg already contains regionalized components known as cytoplasmic determinants that influence cell fate as a consequence of their differential segregation into various blastomeres during cleavage. The second is that certain embryonic cells, whose unique properties were established earlier by the action of localized determinants, influence the development of adjacent cells by induction. Thus, the diversification of embryonic cells is thought to be the result of differential gene expression mediated by the combined activity of cytoplasmic determinants and inductive processes.

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Jeffery, W.R. (1988). The Role of Cytoplasmic Determinants in Embryonic Development. In: Browder, L.W. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Cell Determination and Cell Differentiation. Developmental Biology, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6817-9_1

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