Assembling the Fertilization-Competent Egg

Developmental history of the mammalian oocyte: insight from mouse mutations
Alan Rawls, Robert W. McGaughey, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d1173-1185, October 1, 2001]

Fertilization-Related Mechanisms

Calcium and The Control of Mammalian Cortical Granule Exocytosis
Allison L. Abbott and Tom Ducibella
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d792-806, July 1, 2001]

PKC in eggs and embryos
Efrat Eliyahu, Ruth Kaplan-Kraicer and Ruth Shalgi
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d785-791, July 1, 2001]

Embryonic Genome Activation

Embryonic genome activation
Keith E. Latham and Richard M. Schultz
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d748-759, June 1, 2001]

Post-Fertilization Development

Cell adhesion in the preimplantation mammalian embryo and its role in trophectoderm differentiation and blastocyst morphogenesis
Tom P. Fleming, Bhavwanti Sheth and Irina Fesenko
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d1000-1007, August 1, 2001]

Intercellular communication in preimplantation development: the role of gap junctions
Gerald M. Kidder and Elke Winterhager2
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d731-736, May 1, 2001]

Regulation of blastocyst formation
Andrew J. Watson and Lisa C Barcroft
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d708-730, May 1, 2001]

Implantation Development

Decoding implantation and menstruation: the tale of two opposing signals
Siamak Tabibzadeh
[Frontiers in Bioscience 7, d1475-1486, June 1, 2002]

Contemporary Issues in Mammalian Development

D. Page Baluch and David G. Capco (In Review).

Composition, regulation, and function of the cytoskeleton in mammalian eggs and embryos
G. Ian Gallicano
[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d1089-1108, September 1, 2001]

Cellular scaffolds in mammalian eggs
D. Page Baluch and David G. Capco
[Frontiers in Bioscience 7, d1653-1661, July 1, 2002]