Imagine you are studying neural tissue specification in the Xenopus model. The dorsal (“top”) part of the Xenopus blastula, called the “animal cap”, normally forms ectoderm-derived neural tissue and epidermis.

When the animal cap is cut away from the rest of the blastula and grown by itself in culture, it only forms epidermis. This suggests some sort of secreted factor is required for induction of neural tissue. You add a growth factor protein called Noggin to the cultured animal cap and carry out staining for a marker of neural tissue. This is the result, where positive staining is dark:

What conclusion can be drawn? Choose the CORRECT answer.

The figure below shows two types of viable cells derived from a parent cell after cell division (cell A and cell B). Cell B then expresses transcription factor 1 (in green) but not cell A.

Why might cell B express the transcription factor, but not cell A? Choose the CORRECT answer.

Consider the figure below.

What type of molecule is denoted by the black arrow? Choose the CORRECT answer

The image below shows a gastrulating embryo of the invertebrate, Amphioxus.

What is the name given to the layer of cells denoted by the arrow? Choose the CORRECT answer.

The image below shows an early chicken embryo during cleavage.

Which type of cleavage is depicted? Choose the CORRECT answer