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1 Egg Activation at Fertilization ............................................................... 1
Zoltan Machaty, Andrew R. Miller, and Lu Zhang
2 Controlling the Messenger: Regulated Translation
of Maternal mRNAs in Xenopus laevis Development .......................... 49
Michael D. Sheets, Catherine A. Fox, Megan E. Dowdle,
Susanne Imboden Blaser, Andy Chung, and Sookhee Park
3 Regulation of Cell Division ..................................................................... 83
Andreas Heim, Beata Rymarczyk, Saurav Malhotra,
and Thomas U. Mayer
4 Vertebrate Embryonic Cleavage Pattern Determination .................... 117
Andrew Hasley, Shawn Chavez, Michael Danilchik, Martin Wühr,
and Francisco Pelegri
5 Localization in Oogenesis of Maternal Regulators
of Embryonic Development .................................................................... 173
Matias Escobar-Aguirre, Yaniv M. Elkouby, and Mary C. Mullins
6 Vertebrate Axial Patterning: From Egg to Asymmetry ....................... 209
Douglas W. Houston
7 Establishment of the Vertebrate Germ Layers .................................... 307
Wei-Chia Tseng, Mumingjiang Munisha, Juan B. Gutierrez,
and Scott T. Dougan
8 Mechanisms of Vertebrate Germ Cell Determination ......................... 383
Tristan Aguero, Susannah Kassmer, Ramiro Alberio,
Andrew Johnson, and Mary Lou King