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Oocytes

Maternal Information and Functions

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Malgorzata Kloc

    1. Department of Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

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  • Gives comprehensive overview on maternal molecules and processes
  • Covers oocytes from various invertebrate and vertebrate species
  • Offers readers a new and invaluable perspective on various aspects of oocyte structure and function
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation (RESULTS, volume 63)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Oocyte Interactions with Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exogenous Molecule and Organelle Delivery in Oogenesis

      • Malgorzata Kloc, Jacek Z. Kubiak
      Pages 3-16

    3. Control of Mammalian Oocyte Development by Interactions with the Maternal Follicular Environment

      • Hugh Clarke
      Pages 17-41

    4. Transovarial Transmission of Symbionts in Insects

      • Teresa Szklarzewicz, Anna Michalik
      Pages 43-67

  3. Oocyte Polarity: Molecular and Organellar Aspects and Developmental Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Acquisition of Oocyte Polarity

      • Mara Clapp, Florence L. Marlow
      Pages 71-102

    3. The Pole (Germ) Plasm in Insect Oocytes

      • Szczepan M. Bilinski, Mariusz K. Jaglarz, Waclaw Tworzydlo
      Pages 103-126

    4. Multiple Functions of the DEAD-Box Helicase Vasa in Drosophila Oogenesis

      • Mehrnoush Dehghani, Paul Lasko
      Pages 127-147

    5. The Role of Microtubule Motors in mRNA Localization and Patterning Within the Drosophila Oocyte

      • Chandler H. Goldman, Graydon B. Gonsalvez
      Pages 149-168

    6. Phosphoinositides and Cell Polarity in the Drosophila Egg Chamber

      • Julie Jouette, Sandra Claret, Antoine Guichet
      Pages 169-187

    7. RNA Localization in the Vertebrate Oocyte: Establishment of Oocyte Polarity and Localized mRNA Assemblages

      • Denise Oh, Douglas W. Houston
      Pages 189-208

  4. Epigenetic, Transcriptional and Translational Regulation in Oocytes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. DNA Methyltransferases in Mammalian Oocytes

      • Fatma Uysal, Saffet Ozturk
      Pages 211-222

    3. Accumulation of Chromatin Remodelling Enzyme and Histone Transcripts in Bovine Oocytes

      • V. Lodde, A. M. Luciano, F. Franciosi, R. Labrecque, M. A. Sirard
      Pages 223-255

    4. Translational Regulation in the Mammalian Oocyte

      • Andrej Susor, Michal Kubelka
      Pages 257-295

    5. Regulation of Translationally Repressed mRNAs in Zebrafish and Mouse Oocytes

      • Tomoya Kotani, Kaori Maehata, Natsumi Takei
      Pages 297-324

    6. Switches in Dicer Activity During Oogenesis and Early Development

      • Mandy Yu Theng Lim, Katsutomo Okamura
      Pages 325-351

  5. Oocyte Specific Functions of Ubiquitous Molecules and Organelles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 353-353
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    2. The Regulation and Function of Cohesin and Condensin in Mammalian Oocytes and Spermatocytes

      • Jibak Lee
      Pages 355-372
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About this book

This book combines the most recent knowledge on the maternal, i.e. oocyte/egg-specific, molecules and processes. The volume covers the most recent advances in a plethora of subjects such as: maternal transfer of immunity, localized RNAs functions and mechanisms of RNA localization, transcriptional repression of maternal messages, maternal inheritance and maternal role of CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing, chromatin remodeling and epigenetic modifications, maternal function of nucleosomes, maternal mitochondria and energy supply, role of bacterial symbionts and their maternal transmission, acquisition of oocyte polarity and evolution of maternal effect genes, germ plasm and oosome origin and functions, mechanisms of oocyte activation and soma germ cells communication. 


Currently, no other book on the market combines such a comprehensive list of subjects in one volume. Moreover, the information provided is a cross-section through oocytes from various inv
ertebrate and vertebrate species, which is another unique feature of this book. The readers, therefore, get a completely new and invaluable perspective on all covered subjects.  

Reviews

“This book presents different aspects of oocytes maturation in several animal models as the interactions oocyte-environment, the specific functions of oocytes molecules and organelles regulated by epigenetic and translational mechanisms and the evolution of maternal factors. … the text written in such a way as to be easily understandable even by those who are not very familiar with female gametogenesis. … recommended to everyone interested in the wonderful world of the little laboratory of molecular biology that is the oocyte.” (Manuela Monti, European Journal of Histochemistry, Vol. 61, 2017)

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  • Department of Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

    Malgorzata Kloc

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