This volume contains the text of the plenary lectures given by internationally recognized experts in the field of gametogenesis and endocrinology at the 10th European Workshop on Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology of the Testis. Topics include spermatogonial transplantation, germ stem cell biology, regulation of meiosis and spermiogenesis, growth factors, cell signaling and transduction, steriodogenesis, androgen-regulated genes, sperm activation and sperm factors active at fertilization. The present volume pays particular attention to the use of genetically manipulated animal models in the study of the regulation of spermatogenesis and testicular functions.

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1 Gap Junctional Communication and the Regulation of Multicellular Functions.- 2 Experimental In Vitro Approaches to the Study of Mouse Primordial Germ Cell Development.- 3 Spermatogonial Transplantation.- 4 Genetic Control of Meiosis and the Onset of Spermiogenesis in Drosophila.- 5 Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression During Spermatogenesis.- 6 The Control of Testis ACE Expression.- 7 Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone and Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone-Related Peptide in the Testis.- 8 Cyclic ADP-Ribose and Calcium Signalling.- 9 Human Gonadotropin Receptors: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Mechanisms.- 10 Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein and Steroidogenesis.- 11 Pem: an Androgen-Dependent Homeodomain Gene Expressed in the Testis and Epididymis.- 12 Studies on the Mechanism of Sperm Production.- 13 Role of c-kit in Egg Activation.- 14 Spermatogenesis-Specific Genes Deleted in Infertile Men: DAZ/DAZH Clinical Aspects and Animal Models.- 15 Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Mutation and Fertility.- Previous Volumes Published in this Series.