Overview

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 invertebrate 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.  

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Author:   Malgorzata Kloc
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Volume:   63
Weight:   0.795kg
ISBN:  

9783319869445

ISBN 10:   3319869442
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   07 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part A. Oocyte interactions with environment.- 1 Exogenous molecules and organelles delivery in oogenesis.- 2 Control of mammalian oocyte development by interactions with the maternal follicular environment.- 3 Transovarial Transmission of Symbionts in Insects.- Part B. Oocyte polarity: Molecular and organellar aspects and developmental consequences.- 4 Acquisition of Oocyte Polarity.- 5 The pole (germ) plasm in insect oocytes.- 6 Multiple functions of the DEAD-box helicase Vasa in Drosophila oogenesis.- 7 The role of microtubule motors in mRNA localization and patterning within the Drosophila oocyte.- 8 Phosphoinositides and cell polarity in the Drosophila egg chamber.- 9 RNA localization in the vertebrate oocyte: establishment of oocyte polarity and localized mRNA assemblages.- Part C. Epigenetic, transcriptional and translational regulation in oocytes.- 10 DNA methyltransferases in mammalian oocytes.- 11 Accumulation of chromatin remodelling enzyme and histone transcripts in bovineoocytes.- 12 Translational regulation in the mammalian oocyte.- 13 Regulation of translationally repressed mRNAs in zebrafish and mouse oocytes.- 14 Switches in Dicer activity during oogenesis and early development.- Part D. Oocyte specific functions of ubiquitous molecules and organelles.- 15 The regulation and function of cohesin and condensin in mammalian oocytes and spermatocytes.- 16 Supply and demand of energy in the oocyte and the role of mitochondria.- 17 Functions of Vitellogenin in Eggs.- 18 Lipids in Insect Oocytes: From the Storage Pathways to Their Multiple Functions.- 19 Parthenogenesis in Insects: the centriole renaissance.- Part E. Maternal factors: origin, evolution and application in genetic engineering.- 20 The origin and evolution of maternal genes.- 21 Non-inheritable maternal factors useful for genetic manipulation in mammals

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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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