Chapter 5 - Bibliography
Cobb, J. and M. A. Handel. 1998. Dynamics of meiotic prophase I during spermatogenesis: from pairing to division. Sem. Cell. Dev. Biol. 9: 445–450. A review of meiosis in mammalian spermatogenesis.
Cormack, D. H. 1987. Ham’s Histology. 9th Ed. J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia. This is a superb text that includes a lot of incidental information along with the straight histological descriptions.
Elias, H. and D. Hyde. 1983. A Guide to Practical Stereology. S. Karger Publ., New York. Any histologist vastly expands the data he or she can squeeze out of a slide by investing a little time in stereology. This short manual is user-friendly, written for the biologist, and will prevent panic attacks even in a severe mathophobe.
Fawcett, D. W. 1994. A Textbook of Histology, 12th Ed. Chapman and Hall, N.Y. Originally published with Bloom, this tome is one of the few left from the era when the cell biology, ultrastructure, and light-microscopic details of tissues were taught in a single course. It is superb in its coverage; the extent of details on the mammalian gonads is without match.
Frayne, J., and L. Hall. 1999. Mammalian sperm-egg recognition: does fertilin ß have a major role to play? BioEssays 21: 183–187. This explains, with colored diagrams, the role of components of the zona pellucida and the sperm cell membrane in the fertilization reaction.
Hecht, N. 1998. Molecular mechanisms of male germ cell differentiation. BioEssays 20: 555–561. This review gives a detailed account of the nuclear events during mammalian spermatogenesis.
Joyce, I. M., F. L. Pendola, K. Wigglesworth and J. J. Eppig. 1999. Ooctye regulation of kit ligand expression in mouse ovarian follicles. Dev. Biol., 214: 342–353. A research article that demonstrates that mammalian oocytes influence gene expression in their surrounding follicle cells. It’s an excellent example of current research on mammalian oogenesis.
Moore, K. L. and T. V. Persaud. 1998. Before We Are Born. 5th Ed. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia. The second chapter of this very readable short text is an excellent summary of human reproduction.
Picton, H., D. Briggs and R. Gosden. 1998. The molecular basis of oocyte growth and development. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 145: 27–37. An excellent review of mammalian oogenesis.
Reider, C. L. (ed.). 1999. Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 61, Mitosis and Meiosis. Academic Press, San Diego. A wealth of valuable information on methods for studying the machinery of cell division.
Ross, M. H., L. J. Romrell and G. I. Kaye. 1995. Histology: A Text and Atlas. 3rd Ed. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. The illustrations in this text are exquisite. In addition to copious colored diagrams and photomicrographs throughout, there are a series of full-page plates at the end of each chapter.