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Edited By
M.L. DePamphilis, National Institute of Child Health and Development, Building 6, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2753, USA
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Advances in Developmental Biology,
Description
The beginning of life may be a miracle to some, and a mystery to others, but it is certainly one of the most exciting and perhaps controversial
fields of scientific investigation in the 21st century. Among the metazoa, life begins when an egg is fertilized by a sperm. The sperm
provides a genetic blueprint from the father and perhaps some critical proteins. The egg provides a genetic blueprint from the mother
together with a large reservoir of mRNAs and proteins that are required for DNA replication, cell division and the onset of zygotic gene
expression. All of the thousands of genes in these two mature gametes are transcriptionally silent and remain so until fertilization.
This work focuses on three biological systems, providing the reader with a clear understanding of the current state of affairs, and the
ability to identify common principles as well as critical differences that are responsible for beginning the process of animal development.
The essays presented will be of practical value to all those who are interested in improving fertilization in vitro, in designing
novel methods of contraception, in developing preimplantation genetic diagnosis for various diseases, in cloning animals by transplanting
nuclei from adult cells to an enucleated egg, and in the application of embryonic stem cells to curing genetic diseases or replacing
damaged tissues. But above all, this volume is offered to those who simply have an insatiable curiosity about life and its beginnings.
Contents
Gene expression during mouse spermatogenesis (K. Steger).
Mouse egg zona pellucida, vitelline envelope, and related extracellular glycoproteins
(L. Jovine, E.S. Litscher, P.M. Wassarman).
Activation of zygotic gene expression in the mouse (M.L. DePamphilis, K.J. Kaneko, A. Vassilev).
Early embryonic gene transcription in xenopus (G.J.C. Veenstra).
Regulation of the cell cycle during oogenesis and early embryogenesis
in drosophila (G. Bosco, T.L. Orr-Weaver).
Transcriptional control of anterior-posterior patterning in the drosophila embryo (A. Nasiadka,
B.H. Dietrich, H.M. Krause).
Embryonic stem cell development (C. Stewart).
Genomic imprinting (K.L. Arney, S. Erhardt, M.A. Surani).
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Hardbound, 296 pages, publication date: SEP-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51048-8
ISBN-10: 0-444-51048-6
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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