Preimplantation Embryo Development
This volume contains the Proceedings of the Serono Symposium on Pre implantation Embryo Development, held in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1991. The idea for the symposium grew out of the 1989 Serono Symposium on Fertilization in Mammals* at which preimplantation development was the predominant suggest...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
| Series: | Serono Symposia USA
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Development of the Oocyte
- 1. Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Changes During Oocyte Maturation
- 2. Follicular Control of Meiotic Maturation in Mammalian Oocytes
- 3. Translation Control in Oocytes: A Critical Role for the Poly(A) Tail of Maternal mRNAs
- 4. Establishment of Competence for Preimplantation Embryogenesis During Oogenesis in Mice
- II. Epigenetic Control of Embryo Development
- 5. Regulation of Hamster Embryo Development In Vitro by Amino Acids
- 6. Energy Metabolism in Preimplantation Development
- 7. Growth Factors as Regulators of Mammalian Preimplantation Embryo Development
- 8. Intracellular pH Regulation by the Preimplantation Embryo
- III. Genetics of Embryo Development
- 9. Activation of the Embryonic Genome: Comparisons Between Mouse and Bovine Development
- 10. Mutations Affecting Early Development in the Mouse
- 11. Parental Imprinting in Mammalian Development
- 12. Developmental Potential of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
- IV. Differentiation of the Embryo
- 13. Blastocyst Development and Growth: Role of Inositol and Citrate
- 14. Development of Human Blastocysts In Vitro
- 15. Development of Na/K ATPase Activity and Blastocoel Formation
- 16. Effects of Imprinting on Early Development of Mouse Embryos
- V. Embryo-Maternal Interactions
- 17. Uterine Secretory Activity and Embryo Development
- 18. In Vitro Models for Implantation of the Mammalian Embryo
- 19. Chemical Signals in Embryo-Maternal Dialogue: Role of Growth Factors
- 20. Regulation of Chorionic Gonadotropin Secretion by Cultured Human Blastocysts
- Appendix: Poster Presentations
- Author Index