In an unperturbed embryo, both ABa and ABp contact the EMS blastomere, but only ABp contacts the P2 cell.

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Reciprocal induction occurs when the two interacting tissues are both inducers and are competent to respond to each other’s signals.

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The development of the vertebrate eye is a classic example used to describe the modus operandi of tissue organization via intercellular interactions.

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In the initiation of the vertebrate eyes, paired regions of the brain bulges (optic vesicles, act as inducer) out and approach the surface ectoderm (act as responder) of the head.

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The head ectoderm is competent to respond to the paracrine factors made by the optic vesicles & induced to form the lens of the eye.

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The optic vesicle is able to induce lens formation in the anterior ectoderm but not in the presumptive trunk and abdomen.

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If the optic vesicle is removed, the surface ectoderm forms either an abnormal lens or no lens at all.