MARIE-HÉLÈNE VERLHAC, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. ANNE VILLENEUVE, School of Medicine, Stanford University, USA.

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• List of Contributors. Foreword. (Tim Hunt)Section I: Oocyte Determination.Chapter 1: The Sperm/Oocyte Decision, a C. elegans Perspective (Ronald Ellis).Chapter 2: Sex Determination and Gonadal Development (Alexander Combes, Cassy Spiller and Peter Koopman).Chapter 3 : Clytia hemisphaerica: A Cnidarian Model for Studying Oogenesis (Aldine Amiel, Patrick Chang, Tsuyoshi Momose and Evelyn Houliston).Section II: Oocyte Growth.Chapter 4: Soma–Germline Interactions in the Ovary: an Evolutionary Perspective (David Albertini and John Bromfield).Section III: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Recombination.Chapter 5: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis during Oogenesis (Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans and Anne Villeneuve).Chapter 6: Meiotic Recombination in Mammals (Sabine Santucci-Darmanin and Fre´de´ric Baudat).Section IV: Meiosis Resumption.Chapter 7: Initiation of the Meiotic Prophase-to-Metaphase Transition in Mammalian Oocytes (Laurinda A. Jaffe and Rachael P. Norris).Chapter 8: Oocyte-Specific Translational Control Mechanisms (Isabel Novoa, Carolina Eliscovich, Eula`lia Belloc and Rau´l Me´ndez).Chapter 9: MPF and the Control of Meiotic Divisions: Old Problems, New Concepts (Catherine Jessus).Section V: The Cytological Events of Meiotic Divisions.Chapter 10: Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation in Oocytes (Julien Dumont and Ste´phane Brunet).Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Asymmetric Division in Metazoan Meiosis (Marie-He´le`ne Verlhac and Karen Wingman Lee).Section VI: Biological Clocks Regulating Meiotic Divisions.Chapter 12: The Control of the Metaphase-to-Anaphase Transition in Meiosis (M. Emilie Terret).Chapter 13: Mechanisms Controlling Maintenance and Exit of the CSF Arrest (Thierry Lorca and Anna Castro).Chapter 14: Cytostatic Arrest: Post-ovulation Arrest Until Fertilization in Metazoan Oocytes (Tomoko Nishiyama, Kazunori Tachibana and Takeo Kishimoto).Section VII: Oocyte Ageing in Mammals.Chapter 15: Mammalian Oocyte Population throughout Life (Roger Gosden, Eujin Kim, Bora Lee, Katia Manova and Malcolm Faddy).Section VIII: From Oocyte to Embryo.Chapter 16: Fertilization and the Evolution of Animal Gamete Proteins (Julian L. Wong and Gary M. Wessel).Chapter 17: Remodelling the Oocyte into a Totipotent Zygote: Degradation of Maternal Products (Jose´-Eduardo Gomes, Jorge Merlet, Julien Burger and Lionel Pintard).Chapter 18: Chromatin Remodelling in Mammalian Oocytes (Rabindranath De La Fuente, Claudia Baumann, Feikun Yang and Maria M. Viveiros).Chapter 19: Follicles and Medically Assisted Reproduction (Susan L. Barrett and Teresa K. Woodruff).Index.

MARIE-HÉLÈNE VERLHAC, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. ANNE VILLENEUVE, School of Medicine, Stanford University, USA.

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• List of Contributors. Foreword. (Tim Hunt)Section I: Oocyte Determination.Chapter 1: The Sperm/Oocyte Decision, a C. elegans Perspective (Ronald Ellis).Chapter 2: Sex Determination and Gonadal Development (Alexander Combes, Cassy Spiller and Peter Koopman).Chapter 3 : Clytia hemisphaerica: A Cnidarian Model for Studying Oogenesis (Aldine Amiel, Patrick Chang, Tsuyoshi Momose and Evelyn Houliston).Section II: Oocyte Growth.Chapter 4: Soma–Germline Interactions in the Ovary: an Evolutionary Perspective (David Albertini and John Bromfield).Section III: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Recombination.Chapter 5: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis during Oogenesis (Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans and Anne Villeneuve).Chapter 6: Meiotic Recombination in Mammals (Sabine Santucci-Darmanin and Fre´de´ric Baudat).Section IV: Meiosis Resumption.Chapter 7: Initiation of the Meiotic Prophase-to-Metaphase Transition in Mammalian Oocytes (Laurinda A. Jaffe and Rachael P. Norris).Chapter 8: Oocyte-Specific Translational Control Mechanisms (Isabel Novoa, Carolina Eliscovich, Eula`lia Belloc and Rau´l Me´ndez).Chapter 9: MPF and the Control of Meiotic Divisions: Old Problems, New Concepts (Catherine Jessus).Section V: The Cytological Events of Meiotic Divisions.Chapter 10: Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation in Oocytes (Julien Dumont and Ste´phane Brunet).Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Asymmetric Division in Metazoan Meiosis (Marie-He´le`ne Verlhac and Karen Wingman Lee).Section VI: Biological Clocks Regulating Meiotic Divisions.Chapter 12: The Control of the Metaphase-to-Anaphase Transition in Meiosis (M. Emilie Terret).Chapter 13: Mechanisms Controlling Maintenance and Exit of the CSF Arrest (Thierry Lorca and Anna Castro).Chapter 14: Cytostatic Arrest: Post-ovulation Arrest Until Fertilization in Metazoan Oocytes (Tomoko Nishiyama, Kazunori Tachibana and Takeo Kishimoto).Section VII: Oocyte Ageing in Mammals.Chapter 15: Mammalian Oocyte Population throughout Life (Roger Gosden, Eujin Kim, Bora Lee, Katia Manova and Malcolm Faddy).Section VIII: From Oocyte to Embryo.Chapter 16: Fertilization and the Evolution of Animal Gamete Proteins (Julian L. Wong and Gary M. Wessel).Chapter 17: Remodelling the Oocyte into a Totipotent Zygote: Degradation of Maternal Products (Jose´-Eduardo Gomes, Jorge Merlet, Julien Burger and Lionel Pintard).Chapter 18: Chromatin Remodelling in Mammalian Oocytes (Rabindranath De La Fuente, Claudia Baumann, Feikun Yang and Maria M. Viveiros).Chapter 19: Follicles and Medically Assisted Reproduction (Susan L. Barrett and Teresa K. Woodruff).Index.

MARIE-HÉLÈNE VERLHAC, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. ANNE VILLENEUVE, School of Medicine, Stanford University, USA.

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• List of Contributors. Foreword. (Tim Hunt)Section I: Oocyte Determination.Chapter 1: The Sperm/Oocyte Decision, a C. elegans Perspective (Ronald Ellis).Chapter 2: Sex Determination and Gonadal Development (Alexander Combes, Cassy Spiller and Peter Koopman).Chapter 3 : Clytia hemisphaerica: A Cnidarian Model for Studying Oogenesis (Aldine Amiel, Patrick Chang, Tsuyoshi Momose and Evelyn Houliston).Section II: Oocyte Growth.Chapter 4: Soma–Germline Interactions in the Ovary: an Evolutionary Perspective (David Albertini and John Bromfield).Section III: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Recombination.Chapter 5: Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis during Oogenesis (Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans and Anne Villeneuve).Chapter 6: Meiotic Recombination in Mammals (Sabine Santucci-Darmanin and Fre´de´ric Baudat).Section IV: Meiosis Resumption.Chapter 7: Initiation of the Meiotic Prophase-to-Metaphase Transition in Mammalian Oocytes (Laurinda A. Jaffe and Rachael P. Norris).Chapter 8: Oocyte-Specific Translational Control Mechanisms (Isabel Novoa, Carolina Eliscovich, Eula`lia Belloc and Rau´l Me´ndez).Chapter 9: MPF and the Control of Meiotic Divisions: Old Problems, New Concepts (Catherine Jessus).Section V: The Cytological Events of Meiotic Divisions.Chapter 10: Meiotic Spindle Assembly and Chromosome Segregation in Oocytes (Julien Dumont and Ste´phane Brunet).Chapter 11: Mechanisms of Asymmetric Division in Metazoan Meiosis (Marie-He´le`ne Verlhac and Karen Wingman Lee).Section VI: Biological Clocks Regulating Meiotic Divisions.Chapter 12: The Control of the Metaphase-to-Anaphase Transition in Meiosis (M. Emilie Terret).Chapter 13: Mechanisms Controlling Maintenance and Exit of the CSF Arrest (Thierry Lorca and Anna Castro).Chapter 14: Cytostatic Arrest: Post-ovulation Arrest Until Fertilization in Metazoan Oocytes (Tomoko Nishiyama, Kazunori Tachibana and Takeo Kishimoto).Section VII: Oocyte Ageing in Mammals.Chapter 15: Mammalian Oocyte Population throughout Life (Roger Gosden, Eujin Kim, Bora Lee, Katia Manova and Malcolm Faddy).Section VIII: From Oocyte to Embryo.Chapter 16: Fertilization and the Evolution of Animal Gamete Proteins (Julian L. Wong and Gary M. Wessel).Chapter 17: Remodelling the Oocyte into a Totipotent Zygote: Degradation of Maternal Products (Jose´-Eduardo Gomes, Jorge Merlet, Julien Burger and Lionel Pintard).Chapter 18: Chromatin Remodelling in Mammalian Oocytes (Rabindranath De La Fuente, Claudia Baumann, Feikun Yang and Maria M. Viveiros).Chapter 19: Follicles and Medically Assisted Reproduction (Susan L. Barrett and Teresa K. Woodruff).Index.