blastoderm

A blastoderm (germinal disc, blastodisc) is a single layer of embryonic epithelial tissue that makes up the blastula.{{cite book|last1=Gilbert|first1=Scott F.|title=Developmental Biology |date=2000|publisher=Sinauer Associates|location=Sunderland MA|edition=6th |chapter=Early Drosophila Development |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10081/ |id=NBK10081 |isbn=0-87893-243-7}} It encloses the fluid-filled blastocoel. Gastrulation follows blastoderm formation, where the tips of the blastoderm begins the formation of the ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.{{cite web|title=blastoderm|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/blastoderm|website=The Free Dictionary|access-date=20 April 2018}}File:Blastula (PSF) en rotate 05.jpg

Formation

The blastoderm is formed when the oocyte plasma membrane begins cleaving by invagination, creating multiple cells that arrange themselves into an outer sleeve to the blastocoel.

In [[oviparous]] animals

In chicken eggs, the blastoderm represents a flat disc after embryonic fertilization.{{cite web|title=Tutorial on chick early development|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/departments/cdb/people/claudio-stern/stern_lab/tutorial|website=www.ucl.ac.uk|date=27 March 2019 |publisher=University College London|language=en}} At the edge of the blastoderm is the site of active migration by most cells.{{cite book|last1=Bellairs|first1=Ruth|last2=Osmond|first2=Mark|title=Atlas of Chick Development|publisher=Academic Press|pages=15–28|edition=3rd |chapter=3. Early Stages |chapter-url={{GBurl|JAjGAgAAQBAJ|p=15}} |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-12-384952-6 }}

DNA repair genes are highly expressed in chicken blastoderms.{{cite journal |vauthors=Rengaraj D, Won S, Jung KM, Woo SJ, Lee H, Kim YM, Kim H, Han JY |title=Chicken blastoderms and primordial germ cells possess a higher expression of DNA repair genes and lower expression of apoptosis genes to preserve their genome stability |journal=Sci Rep |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=49 |date=January 2022 |pmid=34997179 |pmc=8741993 |doi=10.1038/s41598-021-04417-y |bibcode=2022NatSR..12...49R }}

See also

References

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Category:Embryology