Ultrastructure of Reproduction

1. Front Matter

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2. Gametogenesis

   1. Origin of the germ cell line

      • Edward. M. Eddy

      Pages 1-11

   2. Ultrastructure of primordial germ cells in the early chick embryo

      • Atsumi Ukeshima, Toyoaki Fujimoto

      Pages 12-18

   3. Germ and somatic cell interactions during gonadal morphogenesis

      • Horacio Merchant-Larios

      Pages 19-30

   4. Germ cell differentiation and intercellular bridges

      • Bernard Gondos

      Pages 31-45

   5. Spermiation — the sperm release process: Ultrastructural observations and unresolved problems

      • Lonnie D. Russell

      Pages 46-66

   6. Fine structural features of Sertoli cells

      • Leif Plöen, E. Martin Ritzén

      Pages 67-74

   7. Membrane organization and differentiation in the guinea-pig spermatozoon

      • Daniel S. Friend

      Pages 75-85

   8. Comparative aspects of acrosomal formation

      • Jerome S. Kaye

      Pages 86-96

   9. Changes in the sperm surface during maturation in the epididymis

      • Gary E. Olson

      Pages 97-109

   10. The human spermatozoon

       • Baccio Baccetti

       Pages 110-126

   11. Structure and evolution of the nucleolus during oogenesis

       • Antonio Coimbra, Carlos Azevedo

       Pages 127-139

   12. Ultrastructural changes in ovarian oocytes induced by exposure to ionizing radiations

       • Terry G. Baker, Leslie L. Franchi

       Pages 140-155

   13. Association of oocytes with follicle cells, and oocyte chromatin during maturation

       • Robert W. McGaughey

       Pages 156-165

3. Fertilization and Embryogenesis

   1. Problems in the analysis of mammalian fertilization

      • David M. Phillips

      Pages 166-175

   2. Ultrastructure of human fertilization

      • Milan Dvořák, Jan Tesařík, Václav Kopečný

      Pages 176-189

   3. The cell surface of the mammalian embryo during early development

      • Lynn M. Wiley

      Pages 190-204

   4. The mosaic organisation of the preimplantation mouse embryo

      • M. H. Johnson, C. A. Ziomek, W. J. D. Reeve, H. P. M. Pratt, H. Goodall, A. H. Handyside

      Pages 205-217

   5. Virus-like particles and related expressions in mammalian oocytes and preimplantation stage embryos

      • Yoshio Yotsuyanagi, Daniel Szöllösi

      Pages 218-234

   6. Crystalline inclusions in embryonic and maternal cells

      • Loren H. Hoffman, Gary E. Olson

      Pages 235-246

Advances in the development and application of electron microscopic techniques have occurred recently such that the electron microscope has evolved to become an essential tool in both basic and clinical research. Use of this instrument has contributed significantly to the formation of new perspectives and concepts concerning cell fine structure. These structural perspectives are now being integrated with specific functional, biochemical and pathophysiological events and processes of cells and tissues. Most recently, utilization of innovative electron microscopic techniques such as freeze-fracture, freeze­ etching, and scanning and high-voltage electron microscopy offers both the basic and clinical scientist potentially fundamental insights into many morphodynamic processes related to the activities of cells and tissues. Such an approach has been especially rewarding when applied to the dynamic events of gametogenesis and early embryonic development. The chapters comprising this book have been selected and edited with the aim of providing an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the most important aspects of vertebrate gamets and embryos as revealed by the integration of several different submicroscopic methods. The organization of the chapters is designed to indicate present gaps in our knowledge of the developmental and reproductive biology of gametes and the developing embryo and possible Iines of research which may lead to a lessening of these gaps.

• biology
• cell
• cells
• clinical research
• development
• electron microscope
• electron microscopy
• evolution
• fracture
• lead
• microscopy
• organizations
• production
• reproduction
• tissue

`This book is suitable for advanced students, and particularly for researchers in the fields of reproductive and developmental biology. The chapters on human reproduction are recommendable for clinicians.'
Arch. Histol. Jap., 49:1 (1986)

• Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

  Jonathan Blerkom

• Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

  Pietro M. Motta

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