Question

You are interested in studying a receptor and decide to make a knockout mouse. However, you notice severe developmental defects that result in embryonic lethality in this receptor knockout. Which developmental process is most likely affected when you disrupt a receptor on the cell surface, disrupting its ability to receive a signal and initiate a transduction pathway?

Answer 1

Answer:

Cell–cell interaction

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described it can be said that the developmental process that has most likely been affected are known as Cell–cell interaction. These are the direct interactions that exist between cell surfaces that allow them to communicate with one another. Doing so by receiving signals and initiating transduction pathways. Therefore since these are functions that have been disrupted it's safe to say that the Cell-cell interaction has been affected.

Answer 2

Answer

the interaction of one cell with another-thus cell-cell interaction.

Explanation:

The ability of cells to relate with one another directly through their cell surfaces in order  to perform  normal cellular  developments, to coordinate with  the immediate environments,  to maintain stable relationship with  adjacent cells  is called Cell -cell interactions.

Generally cells interacts with one another  through receptors molecules on their cell membranes. These receptors are sensitive to specif signals produced by molecules released by each cells. This is called cell signalling.And it forms  the basis of cell - cell interactions.

Therefore disruptions of the receptors lead to failure of  the cells  to recognize and bind with  specif signalling molecules released  by neighboring cells,leading to  cellular network breakdown.