Oocytes : Maternal Information and Functions / edited by Malgorzata Kloc.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kloc, Malgorzata, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Results and problems in cell differentiation 0080-1844 ; 63.

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 0080-1844 ; 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life sciences.

Gene expression.

Reproductive health.

Cell cycle.

Cell physiology.

Embryology.

Life Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Life Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

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Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

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Summary:

This book combines the most recent knowledge on the maternal, id est 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 a nd vertebrate species, which is another unique feature of this book. The readers, therefore, get a completely new and invaluable perspective on all covered subjects. .

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 bovine oocytes

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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ISBN:

9783319608556

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