Cell Death in Reproductive Physiology

Dissecting the functions, mechanisms and genes of physiological cell death in reproductive tissues; C elegans as a model for germ cell death; stern cell factor regulation of apoptosis in mouse primordial germ cells; developmental consequences of programmed cell death in human preimplantation embryos; control of apoptosis in the uterus during decidualization; molecular mechanisms of Mullerian inhibiting substance-mediated apoptosis; a programme of cell death and extracellular matrix degradation in foetal membranes prior to labour. (Part contents)