Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Isolation and Characterization of the Angiosperm Gamete....Pages 3-15
The Cytoskeleton During Pollen Tube Growth and Sperm Cell Formation....Pages 17-34
The Cytostatic Factor (CSF) that Causes Metaphase Arrest in Amphibian Eggs....Pages 35-44
Intrafollicular Mechanisms Regulating Oocyte Maturation....Pages 45-64
Tyrosine Phosphorylation of MPF and Membrane Proteins During Meiotic Maturation of Starfish Oocytes....Pages 65-78
Protein Synthesis and Protein Phosphorylation as Regulators of MPF Activity....Pages 79-100
Control of Recruitment of Preantral Follicles in Mammalian Ovaries....Pages 101-113
Ultrastructure and AG Staining of Echinoderm Spermatogenesis....Pages 115-129
Cell Specific Gene Expression in Mouse Testis....Pages 131-142
Regulation of Sperm Motility by Osmotic Pressure....Pages 143-154
Dynamic Changes in the Perinuclear Matrix during Spermiogenesis and Sperm Maturation in the Mouse....Pages 155-178
Reactive Oxygen Species and Human Sperm Function....Pages 179-188
Fertilisation in Fucus : exploring the gamete cell surfaces with monoclonal antibodies....Pages 189-202
Gamete Interactions and the Initiation of Egg Activation in Sea Urchins....Pages 203-217
Self-Incompatibility in Brassica : The Nature and Role of Female Glycoproteins....Pages 219-237
Induction of the Acrosome Reaction in Starfish....Pages 239-251
New Data and Concepts in Angiosperm Fertilization....Pages 253-270
Structure and Function of Egg-Associated Peptides of Sea Urchins....Pages 271-285
Sperm- Egg Interaction in Bivalves....Pages 287-296
Gamete Interaction in Ascidians: Sperm Binding and Penetration through the Vitelline Coat....Pages 297-304
Cellular and Molecular Elements of Mammalian Fertilization....Pages 305-314
Micromanipulation in the Study of Sperm-Egg Interactions....Pages 315-327
Human Sperm-Oocyte Fusion....Pages 329-350
Micro-Insemination Sperm Transfer (M.I.S.T.) into Human Oocytes and Embryos....Pages 351-376
Abnormalities of the Human Embryonic Zona Pellucida....Pages 377-388
The Roles of Intermembrane Calcium in Polarizing and Activating Eggs....Pages 389-417
Polyspermy Blocks in Fucoid Algae and the Occurrence of Polyspermy in Nature....Pages 419-431
How Does a Sperm Activate a Sea Urchin Egg?....Pages 433-443
The Behaviour of Sperm Cells in Cereal Wide-Hybrids....Pages 445-454
Calcium Signals During Fertilization and Ooplasmic Segregation in the Ascidian Egg....Pages 455-473
Soluble Sperm Factors, Electrical Events and Egg Activation....Pages 475-487
Can the Handling of Oocytes Influence the Success of Therapeutic in vitro Fertilization?....Pages 489-501
Is the Egg Activation-Induced Intracellular pH Increase Necessary for the Embryonic Development of Xenopus Laevis (Anuran Amphibian)?....Pages 503-517
The Distribution and Exocytosis of Cortical Granules in the Mammal....Pages 519-527
Receptors, G-Proteins, and Activation of the Amphibian Egg....Pages 529-541
Electrical Maturation of the Mouse Oocyte....Pages 543-556
The Contribution of Discoglossus pictus Fertilization in the Study of Amphibian Sperm-Egg Interaction....Pages 557-578
Intracellular Signalling During Ferilisation and Polarisation in Fucoid Algae ....Pages 579-590
Mechanism of Dorsoventral Axis Determination in the Ascidian Embryo....Pages 591-604
The Insect Oocyte: Fertilization, Activation and Cytoplasmic Dynamics....Pages 605-624
Fertilization in Ctenophores....Pages 625-636
The Sea Urchin Egg: An Old and New Model....Pages 637-644
Collagen-Binding Proteins in Sea Urchin Eggs and Embryos....Pages 645-652
Evidence Which Supports the Presence of Stored Messenger Ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) in the Unfertilised Eggs of Fucus Serratus ....Pages 653-661
Dorsal Specification in the Fertilized Frog Egg....Pages 663-671
The Cytoskeleton and Polyspermy in Sea Urchin Eggs....Pages 673-677
Cell Differentiation in the Mouse Preimplantation Embryo....Pages 679-697
Fertilization and Sex Determination in the Rhizocephala (Cirripedia, Crustacea)....Pages 699-708
Back Matter....Pages 709-711