LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The primitive streak of chick embryo can be compared to the blastopore.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The blastopore is a pit in the side of the embryo, through which cells fated to be endodermal flow so that they leave the outer surface of the embryo and can create a new inner surface; From: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis (Second Edition), 2013.

Detailed explanation-2: -Formation of the primitive streak (bird & mammal). Cells converge from the lateral regions and a depression forms in the center or the primitive streak: the primitive groove. The groove acts somewhat like a blastopore since it is through the groove that cells pass into the blastocoel.

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