Oogenesis: The Universal Process

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 Rau´l 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.