Vertebrate Development Maternal to Zygotic Control (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 953 Francisco Pelegri Michael Danilchik Ann Sutherland Editors Vertebrate Developm ...

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 953 Editorial Board IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehov ...

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Francisco Pelegri • Michael Danilchik Ann Sutherland Editors Vertebrate Development Maternal to Zygotic Control ...

ISSN 0065-2598 ISSN 2214-8019 (electronic) Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ISBN 978-3-319-46093-2 ISBN 978-3-319-4 ...

v Preface Living systems achieve each generation the truly amazing feat of reinitiating organ- ismal development from a single c ...

vi varied strategies, which result from differences in reproductive selective pressures. At the same time, comparisons can also ...

vii formation, with implications for our interpretation and possible prevention of developmental abnormalities and the developme ...

ix Contents 1 Egg Activation at Fertilization ............................................................... 1 Zoltan Machaty, ...

x 9 Cell Cycle Remodeling and Zygotic Gene Activation at the Midblastula Transition ............................................ ...

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 1 F. Pelegri et al. (eds.), Vertebrate Development, Advances in Experimenta ...

2 genetic recombination, i.e., the reshuffling of the genetic information content of the DNA. This is believed to be the evoluti ...

3 1.2.1 Establishing the Germline In multicellular organisms, the cells of the germline are specialized to pass on the genetic i ...

4 germ plasm has been identified that would determine germ cell fate. Mouse PGCs origi- nate from the epiblast at around embryon ...

5 reprogramming that involves DNA demethylation and histone modifications; as a result they are steered away from the path of di ...

6 membrane; this tight physical contact between the oocyte and the granulosa cells is lost just before ovulation. In Xenopus, th ...

7 the oolemma, is incorporated into the oocyte by endocytosis (Davail et al. 1998 ). Proteolytic cleavage of vitellogenin then l ...

8 arrives when a surge of luteinizing hormone (LH), produced by the pituitary gland, binds to its receptor on the follicular cel ...

9 Proper timing of meiotic reentry is so critical that the oocyte applies yet another mechanism to keep the cell cycle under arr ...

10 (Dupré et al. 2011 ). It has also been reported that progesterone can induce MPF activation by a mechanism independent of MAP ...