Introduction to Molecular Embryology - Brachet, Jean.; Alexandre, Henri; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1986)
I From Descriptive to Molecular Embryology -- II How Genes Direct the Synthesis of Specific Proteins in Living Cells -- III How Eggs and Embryos Are Made -- 1 Theories of Embryonic Differentiation -- IV Gametogenesis and Maturation: The Formation of Eggs and Spermatozoa -- 1 Oogenesis -- 2 Maturation of Xenopus Oocytes -- 3 Spermatogenesis -- V Fertilization: How the Sleeping Egg Awakes -- 1 General Outlook -- 2 The Fertilizin Problem -- 3 Physical and Chemical Changes at Fertilization -- 4 Nucleic Acid and Protein Synthesis -- 5 Parthenogenetic Activation -- 6 Molecular Embryology and Classical Theories of Fertilization -- VI Egg Cleavage: A Story of Cell Division -- 1 General Outlook -- 2 The Biochemistry of Cleavage -- VII Molecular Embryology of Invertebrate Eggs -- 1 Chaetopterus Eggs -- 2 Mollusk Eggs -- 3 Tunicate (Ascidian) Eggs -- 4 Insect Eggs -- 5 Sea Urchins -- VIII Molecular Embryology of Amphibian Eggs -- 1 Respiration of the Amphibian Gastrula and Neurula -- 2 The Nature of the Inducing Substance -- 3 RNA Localization and Synthesis -- 4 The Links Between RNA Synthesis and Morphogenesis -- 5 Size and Mode of Action of the Inducing Agent -- 6 Molecular Basis of Cell Movements -- IX Molecular Embryology of Mammals -- 1 The Biology of Mammalian Sperm -- 2 Molecular Embryology of Mammalian Eggs -- 3 Experimental Embryology of the Preimplantation Stages -- 4 Early Postimplantation Stages -- 5 Interspecific Hybrids and Chimaeras -- X Biochemical Interactions Between the Nucleus and the Cytoplasm During Morphogenesis -- 1 Biology and Biochemistry of the Alga Acetabularia -- 2 Biochemistry of Anucleate Fragments of Eggs -- 3 The Importance of the Nucleus for Embryonic Development -- 4 Biochemistry of Early Developmental Mutants -- 5 "Transgenic" Mice and Teratocarcinoma -- 6 Conclusions -- XI How Cells Differentiate -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Specific Properties of Cell Membranes -- 3 Effects of Tissue Extracts on Cell Differentiation -- 4 Immunological Studies on Embryonic Differentiation -- 5 Enzyme Synthesis and Embryonic Differentiation -- 6 Differentiation of Cultured Embryonic Cells -- 7 Embryonic Differentiation and Cancer -- 8 The Future of Molecular Embryology -- References -- Further Reading -- Author and Subject Index.
Keywords: Human genetics; Cell biology; Human anatomy; Biochemistry; Human Genetics; Cell Biology; Anatomy; Biochemistry, general