Mammalian Preimplantation Development

1. Regulation of the Embryonic Cell Cycle During Mammalian Preimplantation Development
Nathan Palmer and Philipp Kaldis

2. Genome Duplication at the Beginning of Mammalian Development
Melvin L. DePamphilis

3. Zygotic Genome Activation Revisited: Looking Through the Expression and Function of Zscan4
Minoru S.H. Ko

4. From Meiosis to Mitosis: The Astonishing Flexibility of Cell Division Mechanisms in Early Mammalian Development
Leah Bury, Paula A. Coelho and David M. Glover

5. The Genetic Regulation of Cell Fate During Preimplantation Mouse Development Alyson A. Lokken and Amy Ralston

6. Polarity in Cell Fate Acquisition in the Early Mouse Embryo
Chuen Yan Leung, Meng Zhu and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

7. Mouse Embryo Compaction
Melanie D. White, Stephanie Bissiere, Yanina D. Alvarez and Nicolas Plachta

8. Metabolism of Preimplantation Embryo Development: A Bystander or an Active Participant?
Kotaro J. Kaneko

9. Epigenetic Control of Early Mouse Development
Chin Yan Lim, Barbara B. Knowles, Davor Solter and Daniel M. Messerschmidt

10. Capturing Identity and Fate ex vivo: Stem Cells from the Mouse Blastocyst
Vidur Garg, Sophie Morgani and Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis

11. Species-Specific Variation Among Mammals
Renee A Reijo Pera and Ligia Prezzoto

12. Genetic Analysis of Human Preimplantation Embryos
Sandra Garcia-Herrero, Ana Cervero, Emilia Mateu, Pere Mir, Mª Eugenia Póo, Lorena Rodrigo, María Vera and Carmen Rubio