ABSTRACT

This edition provides the reader with an introduction to this subject. During the past five years there has been a virtual explosion of information on the different phases of fertilization.This book should be of interest to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in developmental biology, zoology and cell biology; researchers entering the field.

chapter 2|36 pages

The spermatozoon

chapter 3|8 pages

Sperm—egg binding

chapter 4|17 pages

Gamete fusion and sperm incorporation

chapter 5|18 pages

Egg activation

chapter 8|36 pages

Resumption of meiotic maturation

chapter 9|17 pages

Metabolic alterations at egg activation

chapter 10|20 pages

Development of the male pronucleus

chapter 11|10 pages

Aspects regulating pronuclear development