1st Edition
Concepts in Reproduction From Evolution of Mechanisms to Clinical Impact
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Eukaryotes and Sexual Reproduction
2. Meiosis
3. Diversity in Reproduction
4. Hormones and Signaling
5. The Egg
6. Sperm
7. Supporting Cells
8. Sperm-Egg Interaction
9. The Egg-to-Embryo Transition
10. Formation of Primordial Germ Cells
11. Primordial Germ Cells Migrate to the Gonad
12. Germ-line Stem Cells
13. Sex Determination
14. The Ovary: Where Female Gametes are Made
15. Making Male Gametes
16. Hermaphroditism & Sex Transitioning
17. Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction
18. A Lifetime of Reproduction
19. Mechanisms of Mate Attraction
20. Development of Permanent Reproductive Structures
21. Reproductive Structures and their Functions
22. The Female Reproductive Tract: A Zone of Sexual Conflict
23. Orchids
24. Cnidaria
25. A Bird’s View
26. Primates
27. Human Infertility
28. Assisted Reproductive Techniques
29. Technologies to Constrain Reproduction
30. Reproduction in a Changing World
Glossary
Index
Biography
Gary M. Wessel, PhD, Professor of Biology at Brown University, is an experienced researcher in the field of reproduction and early development. He served as Editor-in-Chief and as a member of the editorial board of several journals in the area of reproduction and development.
Julian L. Wong, PhD, is an active scientist working to identify novel therapeutics. He previously worked on fertilization and cellular reprogramming, and served for a decade as the Managing Editor for a reproduction journal.
Carmen J. Williams, MD, PhD, Senior Investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, has studied basic and clinical reproductive biology for more than thirty-five years and published extensively in the field. She was an Associate Editor for two reproduction journals and co-directed the Frontiers in Reproduction summer research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).
Mark A. Johnson, PhD, Professor of Biology at Brown University, has studied plant reproduction for twenty-five years. He is on the Board of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research and hosted the 27th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction in 2024.
Harvey Florman, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His research focused on aspects of fertilization and sperm physiology in mammals. He was Editor-in-Chief of journals in the field and directed the Frontiers in Reproduction summer research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).
