Part I Meiosis and production of the oocyte and egg
1. Post-transcriptional gene regulation regulates germline stem cell to oocyte transition during Drosophila oogenesis
Patrick Blatt, Elliot T. Martin, Shane M. Breznak and Prashanth Rangan
2. Maternal inheritance of centromeres through the germline
Arunika Das, Ben E. Black and Michael A. Lampson
3. Signaling between somatic follicle cells and the germline patterns the egg and embryo of Drosophila
Julie A. Merkle, Julia Wittes and Trudi Schüpbach
4. Organizing the oocyte: RNA localization meets phase separation
Sarah E. Cabral and Kimberly L. Mowry
Part II Fertilization and germline specification
5. Species-specific mechanisms during fertilization
Krista R. Gert and Andrea Pauli
6. The role of the cytoskeleton in germ plasm aggregation and compaction in the zebrafish embryo
Cara E. Moravec and Francisco Pelegri
7. Dead end and Detour: The function of the RNA-binding protein Dnd in posttranscriptional regulation in the germline
Theresa Gross-Thebing and Erez Raz
8. From mother to embryo: A molecular perspective on zygotic genome activation
Edlyn Wu and Nadine L. Vastenhouw
Part III Maternal regulation of embryonic patterning and morphogenesis
9. Maternal regulation of seed growth and patterning in flowering plants
Allison R. Phillips and Matthew M.S. Evans
10. Maternal factors regulating symmetry breaking and dorsal-ventral axis formation in the sea urchin embryo
Maria Dolores Molina and Thierry Lepage
11. Maternal factors regulating preimplantation development in mice
Di Wu and Jurrien Dean
12. The maternal coordinate system: Molecular-genetics of embryonic axis formation and patterning in the zebrafish
Ricardo Fuentes, Benjamin Tajer, Manami Kobayashi, Jose L. Pelliccia, Yvette Langdon, Elliott W. Abrams and Mary C. Mullins
13. Maternal contributions to gastrulation in zebrafish
Lilianna Solnica-Krezel
