Gene Expression at the Beginning of Animal Development

Content: 
Preface
Pages ix-xiii

List of contributors
Pages xv-xvi

Gene expression during mouse spermatogenesis Original Research Article
Pages 1-29
Klaus Steger

Egg zona pellucida, egg vitelline envelope, and related extracellular glycoproteins Original Research Article
Pages 31-54
Luca Jovine, Eveline S. Litscher, Paul M. Wassarman

Activation of zygotic gene expression in mammals Original Research Article
Pages 55-84
Melvin L. DePamphilis, Kotaro J. Kaneko, Alex Vassilev

Early embryonic gene transcription in Xenopus Original Research Article
Pages 85-105
Gert Jan C. Veenstra

The cell cycle during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in Drosophila Original Research Article
Pages 107-154
Giovanni Bosco, Terry L. Orr-Weaver

Anterior-posterior patterning in the Drosophila embryo Original Research Article
Pages 155-204
Andrzej Nasiadka, Bruce H. Dietrich, Henry M. Krause

Embryonic stem cell development in mammals Original Research Article
Pages 205-231
Colin L. Stewart

Genomic imprinting Original Research Article
Pages 233-264
Katharine L. Arney, Sylvia Erhardt, M. Azim Surani