Fertilization and Activation of Development, Volume 162 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
Chapters in this new release include Fertilization and the fast block to polyspermy in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis: A historical perspective, The Mammalian Egg's Zona Pellucida, Fertilization, and Fertility, Function, structure, and regulation of the broadly conserved gamete membrane fusion protein, HAP2, Gamete activation for fertilization and seed development in flowering plants, Paternal contributions to mammalian zygote, and much more.
Additional sections cover Ovarian follicle formation and activation, Cytoskeletal dynamics in gamete (pro)nuclear migration across flowering plants, animals, and yeast, and Luteinizing hormone-induced changes in the structure of mammalian preovulatory follicles.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series Page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xvi 8. Chapter One: Gamete activation for fertilization and seed development in flowering plants - p. 1 9. Chapter Two: Cytoskeletal dynamics of gamete nuclear migration in flowering plants, animals, and yeast - p. 33 10. Chapter Three: Fertilization mechanisms in hermaphroditic ascidians and nematodes: Common mechanisms with mammals and plants - p. 55 11. Chapter Four: Activating the C. elegans egg: Molecular players, current knowledge, and unanswered questions - p. 115 12. Chapter Five: Fertilization and the fast block to polyspermy in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis: A historical perspective - p. 143 13. Chapter Six: No transcription, no problem: Protein phosphorylation changes and the transition from oocyte to embryo - p. 165 14. Chapter Seven: The mammalian egg’s zona pellucida, fertilization, and fertility - p. 207 15. Chapter Eight: Luteinizing hormone-induced changes in the structure of mammalian preovulatory follicles - p. 259 16. Chapter Nine: Cellular and molecular regulations of oocyte selection and activation in mammals - p. 283 17. Chapter Ten: The characteristics of the calcium signals that activate mammalian eggs at fertilization - p. 317 18. Chapter Eleven: Ion channels and transporters involved in calcium flux regulation in mammalian sperm - p. 351 19. Chapter Twelve: Paternal contributions to mammalian zygote – Beyond sperm-oocyte fusion - p. 387
Fertilization and Activation of Development, Volume 162 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
Chapters in this new release include Fertilization and the fast block to polyspermy in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis: A historical perspective, The Mammalian Egg's Zona Pellucida, Fertilization, and Fertility, Function, structure, and regulation of the broadly conserved gamete membrane fusion protein, HAP2, Gamete activation for fertilization and seed development in flowering plants, Paternal contributions to mammalian zygote, and much more.
Additional sections cover Ovarian follicle formation and activation, Cytoskeletal dynamics in gamete (pro)nuclear migration across flowering plants, animals, and yeast, and Luteinizing hormone-induced changes in the structure of mammalian preovulatory follicles.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series Page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xvi 8. Chapter One: Gamete activation for fertilization and seed development in flowering plants - p. 1 9. Chapter Two: Cytoskeletal dynamics of gamete nuclear migration in flowering plants, animals, and yeast - p. 33 10. Chapter Three: Fertilization mechanisms in hermaphroditic ascidians and nematodes: Common mechanisms with mammals and plants - p. 55 11. Chapter Four: Activating the C. elegans egg: Molecular players, current knowledge, and unanswered questions - p. 115 12. Chapter Five: Fertilization and the fast block to polyspermy in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis: A historical perspective - p. 143 13. Chapter Six: No transcription, no problem: Protein phosphorylation changes and the transition from oocyte to embryo - p. 165 14. Chapter Seven: The mammalian egg’s zona pellucida, fertilization, and fertility - p. 207 15. Chapter Eight: Luteinizing hormone-induced changes in the structure of mammalian preovulatory follicles - p. 259 16. Chapter Nine: Cellular and molecular regulations of oocyte selection and activation in mammals - p. 283 17. Chapter Ten: The characteristics of the calcium signals that activate mammalian eggs at fertilization - p. 317 18. Chapter Eleven: Ion channels and transporters involved in calcium flux regulation in mammalian sperm - p. 351 19. Chapter Twelve: Paternal contributions to mammalian zygote – Beyond sperm-oocyte fusion - p. 387
