Experimental Approaches to Mammalian Embryonic Development

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Preface Contributors Part I. Cellular Aspects: 1. Potency, lineage, and allocation in preimplantation mouse embryos Roger A. Pedersen 2. Time and space in the mouse early embryo: a cell biological approach to cell diversification Martin H. Johnson and Bernard Maro 3. Comparative aspects of embryo manipulation in mammals Virginia E. Papaioannou and Karl M. Elbert 4. Development of extraembryonic cell lineages in the mouse embryo Janet Rossant 5. Analysis of tissue fate and prospective potency in the egg cylinder Rosa Beddington Part II. Molecular and Biochemical Aspects: 6. Regulation of gene expression during mammalian spermatogenesis Norman B. Hecht 7. Molecular aspects of mammalian oocyte growth and maturation Richard M. Schultz 8. Utilization of genetic information in the preimplantation mouse embryo Gilbert A. Schultz 9. Metabolic aspects of the physiology of the preimplantation embryo Peter L. Kaye 10. Role of cell surface molecules in early mammalian development Jean Richa and Davor Solter 11. Cell-lineage-specific gene expression in development Eileen D. Adamson 12. X-chromosome regulation in oogenesis and early mammalian development Verne M. Chapman Part III. Toward a Genetic Understanding of Development: 13. Evidences and consequences of differences between maternal and paternal genomes during embryogenesis in the mouse M. Azim H. Surani 14. Mutations and chromosomal abnormalities: How are they useful for studying genetic control of early mammalian development? Terry Magnuson 15. Production of permanent cell lines from early embryos and their use in studying developmental problems Elizabeth J. Robertson and Allan Bradley 16. Integration and expression of genes introduced into mouse embryos Erwin F. Wagner and Colin L. Stewart Index.