Maternal Effect Genes in Development

Part I Meiosis and production of the oocyte and egg

1. Post-transcriptional gene regulation regulates germline stem cell to oocyte transition during Drosophila oogenesis

2. Maternal inheritance of centromeres through the germline

3. Signaling between somatic follicle cells and the germline patterns the egg and embryo of Drosophila

4. Organizing the oocyte: RNA localization meets phase separation

Part II Fertilization and germline specification

5. Species-specific mechanisms during fertilization

6. The role of the cytoskeleton in germ plasm aggregation and compaction in the zebrafish embryo

7. Dead end and Detour: The function of the RNA-binding protein Dnd in posttranscriptional regulation in the germline

8. From mother to embryo: A molecular perspective on zygotic genome activation

Part III Maternal regulation of embryonic patterning and morphogenesis

9. Maternal regulation of seed growth and patterning in flowering plants

10. Maternal factors regulating symmetry breaking and dorsal–ventral axis formation in the sea urchin embryo

11. Maternal factors regulating preimplantation development in mice

12. The maternal coordinate system: Molecular-genetics of embryonic axis formation and patterning in the zebrafish

13. Maternal contributions to gastrulation in zebrafish