Biology of Fertilization V1
Model Systems and Oogenesis
- 1st Edition - May 6, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Charles Metz
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 1 3 6 2 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 1 6 3 - 4
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Request a sales quoteBiology of Fertilization, Volume 1: Model Systems and Oogenesis is the first in a three-volume series that gathers various lines of research about reproduction in general and fertilization in particular. Knowledge about cell biology, immunobiology, biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular genetics has progressed significantly beyond our understanding of some aspects of fertilization. Components of these constitute ""model systems."" The present volume includes reviews of such systems, some relatively simple model systems in lower organisms, sex-determining mechanisms, and oogenesis. The book contains 12 chapters organized into two sections. Section I includes studies on evolution, reproductive success, and immortality of the germ line; the structures and mechanisms involved in fertilization problems; and fertilization in Paramecium. Section II on oogenesis includes studies on gamete differentiation; sex-determining role of the H-Y antigen in mammals and non-mammals; the mechanism of starfish oocyte maturation; meiotic arrest in animal oocytes; and the mitotic and meiotic aspects of the mammalian germ cell life cycle.
ContributorsForewordPrefaceContents of Other VolumesI. General and Evolutionary Implications; Cell Surface Receptors and Recognition; Paramecium 1. Genes, Evolution, and the Immortality of the Monophyletic Germ Line I. Introduction II. Evolution as an Exercise in Subtlety or Triviality III. Germ Versus Soma Conflicts: Reproductive Success by Unfit Individuals and Failure by Favored Individuals IV. Immortality of the Germ Line and the Magical Property of the Egg Cytoplasm V. Summary References 2. Cell Surface Receptors and Transduction Mechanisms I. Introduction II. Membrane Structure III. Receptors IV. Transduction Mechanisms V. Summary and Perspectives References 3. Fertilization in Paramecium I. Introduction II. Process of Conjugation in Paramecium III. Sexual Cell Recognition and the Mating Substances IV. Activation-Initiating Mechanisms and Their Genetic Control V. Conclusion and Perspectives ReferencesII. Oogenesis 4. Gametogenesis: General Considerations Text References 5. Vertebrate Sex Determination: An Immunologic Perspective I. Introduction II. H-Y Antigen in the Mammals III. Cell Surface Biology of H-Y IV. H-Y in the Nonmammalian Vertebrates V. Summary and Conclusions References 6. Oocyte Growth and Maturation in Starfish I. Introduction II. Oocyte Growth III. Oocyte Maturation IV. Concluding Remarks References 7. Synthesis, Accumulation, and Utilization of Maternal Macromolecules during Oogenesis and Oocyte Maturation I. Introduction II. Synthesis and Accumulation of mRNA during Oogenesis III. Synthesis and Accumulation of Proteins during Oogenesis IV. Regulation of Protein Synthesis during Maturation V. Conclusions References 8. Meiotic Arrest in Animal Oocytes I. Evolutionary Aspects of Meiotic Arrest II. Meiotic Arrest at Prophase I III. Meiotic Arrest at Metaphase IV. Problems of Meiotic Arrest in Cell Biology and Genetics References 9. The Control of Meiotic Maturation in Mammals I. Introduction II. Oocyte Maturation: Model Systems III. Spontaneous Maturation of Isolated Oocytes: Dependence on Follicular Development IV. Maturation of Follicle-Enclosed Oocytes V. Follicular Control of Oocyte Maturation VI. Other Factors Involved in the Regulation of Oocyte Maturation VII. Nuclear Maturation and Fertilizability of Oocytes Concluding Remarks References 10. The Proliferative and Meiotic History of Mammalian Female Germ Cells I. Introduction II. Appearance and Expansion of the Germ Cell Population III. Oocytogenesis IV. Oocyte Growth V. Meiotic Maturation VI. The Prefertilization Meiotic Block References 11. Ionic Regulation of Oocyte Maturation I. Introduction II. Temporal Relationships between Maturation and Fertilization III. The Maturation Process IV. Biophysical Approach V. Conclusion References 12. Establishment of Polarity in the Insect Egg I. Introduction II. The Newly Laid Egg III. Origins of Polarity during Insect Oogenesis IV. Experimental Alterations of Embryonic Polarity V. Concluding Remarks ReferencesIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 6, 1985
- No. of pages (eBook): 410
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124313620
- eBook ISBN: 9780323151634
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