Overview
Discusses reproduction in animals and plants and unicellular organisms together to investigate shared mechanisms
Includes recent progress in reproductive biology and fertilization
Covers a wide range of topics on reproduction that are essential for young researchers
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (38 papers)
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Front Matter
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Sperm Attraction, Activation, and Acrosome Reaction
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Gametogenesis, Gamete Recognition, Activation, and Evolution
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About this book
This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mechanisms of Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants, where many plant and animal reproductive biologists gathered to discuss their recent progress in investigating the shared mechanisms and factors involved in sexual reproduction. This now is the first book that reviews recent progress in almost all fields of plant and animal fertilization. It was recently reported that the self-sterile mechanism of a hermaphroditic marine invertebrate (ascidian) is very similar to the self-incompatibility system in flowering plants. It was also found that a male factor expressed in the sperm cells of flowering plants is involved in gamete fusion not only of plants but also of animals and parasites. These discoveries have led to the consideration that the core mechanisms or factors involved in sexual reproduction may be shared by animals, plants and unicellular organisms. This valuable book is highly useful for reproductive biologists as well as for biological scientists outside this field in understanding the current progress of reproductive biology.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants
Editors: Hitoshi Sawada, Naokazu Inoue, Megumi Iwano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54589-7
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2014
License: CC BY-NC
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54588-0Published: 20 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56351-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54589-7Published: 07 February 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 480
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 102 illustrations in colour
Topics: Developmental Biology, Plant Sciences, Cell Biology