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

152 blastocoel wall (Longo et al. 2004 ). Other forces involved with blastular morpho- genesis remain obscure but certainly incl ...

153 e.g., a centriole-dependent MTOC nucleation and the presence of conventional cen- triole markers. These studies further reve ...

154 and α-/β-catenin are expressed in mouse embryos as early as the zygote stage, it is unclear how the process of compaction is ...

155 and Ziomek 1981a, b). Once the embryo has compacted and polarized, subsequent cell divisions are influenced by the orientati ...

156 known about these processes in other mammalian species, including humans. Notably, compaction occurs much earlier in mouse e ...

157 and reptiles). Convergent evolution of meroblastic cleavage is further supported by differences in early development between ...

158 ans. Analyses of such embryos suggest that some vegetal cells do not contribute to any of the three germ layers and are inst ...

159 general rule of egg size and type of cleavage is unknown. However, blastula embryos for E. coqui exhibit a distinct populati ...

16 0 These studies highlight major challenges that the cleavage-stage embryo, in these and likely other vertebrate species, has ...

161 will surely continue to provide us with a view of the elegant mechanisms embryos use to solve the unique problem of transfor ...

162 Buchholz DR, Singamsetty S, Karadge U, Williamson S, Langer CE, Elinson RP (2007) Nutritional endoderm in a direct developin ...

163 Da Silva-Buttkus P, Jayasooriya GS, Mora JM, Mobberley M, Ryder TA, Baithun M, Stark J, Franks S, Hardy K (2008) Effect of c ...

16 4 Fierro-González JC, White MD, Silva JCR, Plachta N (2013) Cadherin-dependent filopodia con- trol preimplantation embryo com ...

165 Heasman J, Ginsberg D, Geiger B, Goldstone K, Pratt T, Yoshida-Noro C, Wylie CC (1994b) A functional test for maternally inh ...

166 Kotak S, Gönczy P (2013) Mechanisms of spindle positioning: cortical force generators in the limelight. Curr Opin Cell Biol ...

167 Merzdorf CS, Chen YH, Goodenough DA (1998) Formation of functional tight junctions in Xenopus embryos. Dev Biol 195:187–203 ...

168 Nishida H (2002) Specification of developmental fates in ascidian embryos: molecular approach to maternal determinants and s ...

169 Roberts SJ, Leaf DS, Moore HP, Gerhart JC (1992) The establishment of polarized membrane traffic in Xenopus laevis embryos. ...

170 Skiadas CC, Jackson KV, Racowsky C (2006) Early compaction on day 3 may be associated with increased implantation potential. ...

171 Weinerman R, Feng R, Ord TS, Schultz RM, Bartolomei MS, Coutifaris C, Mainigi M (2016) Morphokinetic evaluation of embryo de ...