Gene Activity in Early Development

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
preface, Pages vii-viii
Introduction to: gene activity in early embryogenesis, Page 1
1 - The variable gene activity theory of cell differentiation, Pages 3-11
2 - The onset of genome control in embryogenesis, Pages 12-34
3 - Early molecular indices of differentiation, Pages 35-41
4 - RNA synthesis in the early embryo, Pages 42-81
5 - The fate and function of early informational RNA, Pages 82-92
6 - Maternal template RNA, Pages 93-102
Introduction to: cytoplasmic localization and the onset of differentiation, Page 103
1 - The localization phenomenon, Pages 105-111
2 - Localization and preformationism, Pages 112-116
3 - Definitive experimental evidence for localization, Pages 117-133
4 - Regulative and mosaic development, and the universality of morphogenetic determinants in egg cytoplasm, Pages 134-144
5 - Demonstrations of localization in regulative embryos, Pages 145-154
6 - Interpretations of the localization phenomenon, Pages 155-164
Introduction to: Gene function in oogenesis, Page 165
1 - Origin and differentiation of the female germ line, Pages 167-189
2 - Clues to oocyte genome function from organisms displaying chromosome elimination, Pages 190-192
3 - Accessory cell functions in oogenesis, Pages 193-201
4 - Gene activity in the oocyte nucleus: ribosomal RNA synthesis, Pages 202-216
5 - Gene activity in the oocyte nucleus: synthesis of informational RNA, Pages 217-243
6 - DNA of the oocyte cytoplasm, Pages 244-246
Introduction to: immediacy of gene control and the regulation of gene activity, Page 247
1 - Very long-lived gene products, Pages 249-251
2 - Moderately long-lived informational RNA, Pages 252-266
3 - Rapidly decaying template RNA, Pages 267-281
4 - The rapidity of variations in gene activity in differentiated cells, Pages 282-285
5 - Characteristics of bacterial repression-derepression systems, Pages 286-294
6 - Characteristics of gene regulation systems in differentiated cells, Pages 295-312
7 - Some hypotheses regarding the nature of genomic regulation in differentiated cells, Pages 313-325
Bibliography, Pages 326-356
Author Index, Pages 357-367
Subject Index, Pages 368-375