Reproductive and Developmental Strategies

Kazuya Kobayashi Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan   Takeshi KitanoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto, Japan   Yasuhiro Iwao Laboratory of Reproductive Developmental Biology, Division of Earth Sciences, Biology, and Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi, Japan   Mariko Kondo Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science, The University of TokyoMiura, Japan 

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Part 1 Diversity in Reproductive Strategies and Germ Cell Differentiation Mechanisms.- Chapter1. Germ cell formation in solitary ascidians: coexistence of preformation and epigenesis.- Chapter2. Regulatory mechanisms of the germline stem cell niche in Drosophila melanogaster.- Chapter3. Regulation of germline stem cells in the teleost– gametogenesis, sex and fecundity –.- Chapter4. Regulatory mechanism of spermatogenic stem cells in mice: their dynamic and context-dependent behavior.- Chapter5. Nutritional control of the germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans.- Chapter6. Seasonal regulation of reproduction in vertebrates: Special focus on avian strategy.- Chapter7. Roles of germline stem cells and somatic multipotent stem cells in Hydra sexual reproduction.- Chapter8. Reproductive strategies in marine hydrozoan jellyfish: sexual medusae and asexual polyps.- Chapter9. Reproductive strategies in planarians: Insights gained from the bioassay system for sexual induction in asexual Dugesia ryukyuensis worms.- Chapter10. Reproductive strategies in Annelida: germ cell formation and regeneration.- Chapter11. Reproductive strategies in social amoeba.- Part 2 Diversity in the Sex Determination and Differentiation.- Chapter12. Environmental control on sex differentiation in Daphnia.- Chapter13. Sex determination cascade in insects: a great treasure house of alternative splicing.- Chapter14. Genetic control on sex determination and differentiation in fish.- Chapter15. Endocrine and environmental control of sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish.- Chapter16. Variety of sex change in tropical fish.- Chapter17. Sex determination and differentiation in frogs.- Chapter18. Environmental control on sex determination and differentiation in reptiles.- Chapter19. Sex determination and differentiation in birds.- Chapter20. Sex determination and differentiation in mammals.- Part 3 Diversity in the Mechanism of Fertilization.- Chapter21. Modulation of sperm motility and function prior to fertilization.- Chapter22. Postcopulatory reproductive strategies in spermatozoa.- Chapter23. Ascidian sexual reproductive strategies: Mechanisms of sperm-egg interaction and self-sterility.- Chapter24. Universality and diversity of a fast, electrical block to polyspermy during animal fertilization.- Chapter25. Preparing for fertilization: Intercellular signals for oocyte maturation.- Chapter26. Regulation of sperm-egg fusion at the plasma membrane.- Chapter27. Fertilization and Protein-tyrosine Kinase Signaling: Are They Merging or Emerging?.- Part 4 Diversity in Axis Formation.- Chapter28. Early embryonic Axis Formation in a Simple Chordate Ascidian.- Chapter29. Recent advances in hagfish developmental biology in a historical context: implications for understanding the evolution of the vertebral elements.- Chapter30. Left-right specification in the embryonic and larval development of amphibians.- Chapter31. The molecular basis of the gastrula organizer in amphibians and cnidarians.- Chapter32. Axis formation and its evolution in ray-finned fish.- Chapter33. Post-embryonic axis formation in planarians.- Chapter34. Larval and Adult Body Axes in Echinoderms.