Title | The Testis [electronic resource] : From Stem Cell to Sperm Function / edited by Erwin Goldberg |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2106-7 |
Descript | XVII, 265 p. online resource |
Preface -- Contributors -- Prologue -- 1. Unlocking the Mysteries of Male Reproductive Function: How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Going? -- 2. Spermatogenesis After the Millennium -- I. Testis Development and Differentiation -- 3. Sry and the Testis: Molecular Pathways of Organogenesis -- 4. MIS Actions in the Developing Testis -- 5. Regulation of the Differentiation of the Undifferentiated Spermatogonia -- 6. Regulation of Growth and Survival in the Mammalian Germline -- II. Paracrine and Endocrine Interactions -- 7. Synthesis, Fate, and Proposed Function of Clusterin (SGP-2) in the Testis -- 8. HRT for the Aging Male: A Therapy That Has Come of Age? -- 9. Androgen Replacement in Young Men -- III. Genetics and Cell Biology of Spermatogenesis -- 10. Developmental Genetics of Spermatogenesis in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans -- 11. Regulation of Meiosis and Spermatid Differentiation in Drosophila Primary Spermatocytes -- 12. HSP70 Chaperones in Spermatogenesis -- 13. Characterization of the Testicular Histone-Binding Protein, NASP -- 14. The Actin-Bundling Protein Espin and Its Role in the Ectoplasmic Specialization -- IV. Epididymal Maturation and Fertilization -- 15. Regulation of Epididymal Function by Testicular Factors: The Lumicrine Hypothesis -- 16. Aging Causes Structural and Functional Alterations in the Epididymis -- 17. The Molecular Basis of SpermโEgg Interactions -- V. Genetic Defects and Remedies -- 18. Heritable Sperm Degeneration in the Domestic Fowl -- 19. The DAZ Gene Family and Germ-Cell Development -- 20. Genetic Defects of Male Infertility and ICSI -- 21. Spermatids: Clinically Useful Gametes? -- 22. Effect of Embryo Culture on Imprinted Gene Expression in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo -- Author Index