Introduction to Molecular Embryology
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
1986.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1986. |
| Series: | Heidelberg Science Library,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82883-6 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.