Preface Acknowledgments
Part 1 Diversity in Reproductive Strategies and Germ Cell Differentiation Mechanisms
Chapter 1. Germ cell formation in solitary ascidians: coexistence of preformation and epigenesist
Chapter 2. Regulatory mechanisms of the germline stem cell niche in Drosophila melanogaster
Chapter 3. Regulation of germline stem cells in the teleost: gametogenesis, sex and fecundity
Chapter 4. Regulatory mechanism of spermatogenic stem cells in mice: their dynamic and context-dependent behavior
Chapter 5. Nutritional control of the germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans
Chapter 6. Seasonal regulation of reproduction in vertebrates: Special focus on avian strategy
Chapter 7. Roles of germline stem cells and somatic multipotent stem cells in Hydra sexual reproduction
Chapter 8. Reproductive strategies in marine hydrozoan jellyfish: sexual medusae and asexual polyps
Chapter 9. Reproductive strategies in planarians: Insights gained from the bioassay system for sexual induction in asexual Dugesia ryukyuensis worms
Chapter 10. Reproductive strategies in Annelida: germ cell formation and regeneration
Chapter 11. Reproductive strategies in social amoeba
Part 2 Diversity in the Sex Determination and Differentiation
Chapter 12. Environmental control on sex differentiation in Daphnia
Chapter 13. Sex determination cascade in insects: a great treasure house of alternative splicing
Chapter 14. Genetic control on sex determination and differentiation in fish
Chapter 15. Endocrine and environmental control of sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish
Chapter 16. Variety of sex change in tropical fish Chapter 17. Sex determination and differentiation in frogs
Chapter 18. Environmental control on sex determination and differentiation in reptiles
Chapter 19. Sex determination and differentiation in birds
Chapter 20. Sex determination and differentiation in mammals
Part 3 Diversity in the Mechanism of Fertilization
Chapter 21. Modulation of sperm motility and function prior to fertilization
Chapter 22. Postcopulatory reproductive strategies in spermatozoa
Chapter 23. Ascidian sexual reproductive strategies: mechanisms of sperm-egg interaction and self-sterility
Chapte 24. Universality and diversity of a fast, electrical block to polyspermy during animal fertilization
Chapter 25. Preparing for fertilization: Intercellular signals for oocyte maturation
Chapter 26. Regulation of sperm-egg fusion at the plasma membrane
Chapter 27. Fertilization and protein-tyrosine kinase signaling: are they merging or emerging?
Part 4 Diversity in Axis Formation
Chapter 28. Early embryonic axis formation in a simple chordate ascidian
Chapter 29. Recent advances in hagfish developmental biology in a historical context: implications for understanding the evolution of the vertebral elements Chapter 30. Left-right specification in the embryonic and larval development of amphibians
Chapter 31. The molecular basis of the gastrula organizer in amphibians and cnidarians
Chapter 32. Axis formation and its evolution in ray-finned fish
Chapter 33. Post-embryonic axis formation in planarians
Chapter 34. Larval and adult body axes in echinoderms
About the Author: 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
