Fertilization - The Beginning of Life

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Producing gametes; 3. The players, sperm and oocytes; 4. Sperm-oocyte interaction; 5. Oocyte activation; 6. The dynamics of fertilization; 7. Transformation of the zygote in to the early embryo; 8. Basic biology concepts; References; Index.

About the author

Brian Dale is Director of Research, Centre for Reproductive Biology,Villa del Sole Clinic, Naples. He is co-author of In-Vitro Fertilization (third edition, Cambridge, 2010) and Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge journal Zygote.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Dale, Dale Brian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2018
• EAN: 9781316607893
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60789-3
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Human biology, Cellular biology (cytology), Developmental biology