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Oogenesis - the process by which female germ cells develop into
mature eggs, or ova - is a complex process involving many important
elements of developmental and cellular biology: from cell-cell
interactions, complex signalling cascades, specialized cell cycles
and cytoskeleton organization. Oocytes from various species
(including clam, starfish, xenopus and mouse) are excellent model
systems to study the biochemistry of cell division with important
implications for basic and clinical research.
This book describes the entire process of oogenesis in
chronological order with contributions from leading international
researchers and chapters covering medical and ethical
considerations in oogenic biology. Topics include sex determination
and gonadal development, control of meiotic chromosome pairing and
homologous recombination, control of meiotic divisions and the
remodelling of the oocyte into a totipotent zygote as well as
medically-assisted reproduction.
This volume is an essential resource for all students,
researchers and clinicians in developmental and reproductive
biology.
Key features:
Reaches beyond the study of simply meiosis to cover all aspects
of oogenesis
Synthesizes recent advances in the field, drawing on studies
from different model species
Chapter sequence designed to follow the time line in
vivo
Written by an international panel of expert researchers
Auteur
MARIE-HÉLÈNE VERLHAC, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. ANNE VILLENEUVE, School of Medicine, Stanford University, USA.
Résumé
Oogenesis - the process by which female germ cells develop into mature eggs, or ova - is a complex process involving many important elements of developmental and cellular biology: from cell-cell interactions, complex signalling cascades, specialized cell cycles and cytoskeleton organization. Oocytes from various species (including clam, starfish, xenopus and mouse) are excellent model systems to study the biochemistry of cell division with important implications for basic and clinical research. This book describes the entire process of oogenesis in chronological order with contributions from leading international researchers and chapters covering medical and ethical considerations in oogenic biology. Topics include sex determination and gonadal development, control of meiotic chromosome pairing and homologous recombination, control of meiotic divisions and the remodelling of the oocyte into a totipotent zygote as well as medically-assisted reproduction.
This volume is an essential resource for all students, researchers and clinicians in developmental and reproductive biology.
Key features:
Contenu
List of Contributors.
Foreword. (Tim Hunt)
Section I: Oocyte Determination.
Chapter 1: The Sperm/Oocyte Decision, a C. elegans Perspective
(Ronald Ellis).
Chapter 2: Sex Determination and Gonadal Development
(Alexander Combes, Cassy Spiller and Peter Koopman).
Chapter 3 : Clytia hemisphaerica: A Cnidarian Model for Studying
Oogenesis (Aldine Amiel, Patrick Chang, Tsuyoshi Momose and
Evelyn Houliston).
Section II: Oocyte Growth.
Chapter 4: Soma-Germline Interactions in the Ovary: an
Evolutionary Perspective (David Albertini and John
Bromfield).
Section III: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and
Recombination.
Chapter 5: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis during
Oogenesis (Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans and Anne
Villeneuve).
Chapter 6: Meiotic Recombination in Mammals (Sabine
Santucci-Darmanin and Fre de ric Baudat).
Section IV: Meiosis Resumption.
Chapter 7: Initiation of the Meiotic Prophase-to-Metaphase
Transition in Mammalian Oocytes (Laurinda A. Jaffe and Rachael
P. Norris).
Chapter 8: Oocyte-Specific Translational Control Mechanisms
(Isabel Novoa, Carolina Eliscovich, Eula`lia Belloc and
Raül Me ndez).
Chapter 9: MPF and the Control of Meiotic Divisions: Old
Problems, New Concepts (Catherine Jessus).
Section V: The Cytological Events of Meiotic
Divisions.
Chapter 10: Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation
in Oocytes (Julien Dumont and Ste phane Brunet).
Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Asymmetric Division in Metazoan
Meiosis (Marie-He le`ne Verlhac and Karen Wingman
Lee).
Section VI: Biological Clocks Regulating Meiotic
Divisions.
Chapter 12: The Control of the Metaphase-to-Anaphase Transition
in Meiosis (M. Emilie Terret).
Chapter 13: Mechanisms Controlling Maintenance and Exit of the
CSF Arrest (Thierry Lorca and Anna Castro).
Chapter 14: Cytostatic Arrest: Post-ovulation Arrest Until
Fertilization in Metazoan Oocytes (Tomoko Nishiyama, Kazunori
Tachibana and Takeo Kishimoto).
Section VII: Oocyte Ageing in Mammals.
Chapter 15: Mammalian Oocyte Population throughout Life
(Roger Gosden, Eujin Kim, Bora Lee, Katia Manova and Malcolm
Faddy).
Section VIII: From Oocyte to Embryo.
Chapter 16: Fertilization and the Evolution of Animal Gamete
Proteins (Julian L. Wong and Gary M. Wessel).
Chapter 17: Remodelling the Oocyte into a Totipotent Zygote:
Degradation of Maternal Products (Jose -Eduardo Gomes,
Jorge Merlet, Julien Burger and Lionel Pintard).
Chapter 18: Chromatin Remodelling in Mammalian Oocytes
(Rabindranath De La Fuente, Claudia Baumann, Feikun Yang and
Maria M. Viveiros).
Chapter 19: Follicles and Medically Assisted Reproduction
(Susan L. Barrett and Teresa K. Woodruff).
Index.