The Sperm Cell
Production, Maturation, Fertilization, Regeneration
2nd Edition
Published on 25. May 2017
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-1-107-12632-9 (ISBN)
Description
This revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive account of the human male gamete. Detailed overviews of human sperm production, maturation, and function - and how these processes affect and influence fertility, infertility, and assisted reproduction - are given. A wide range of new developments including proteomics, spermatogenesis, sperm-specific WW domain-binding proteins, Ca2+ signalling, DNA packaging, epididymis are explored, whilst a new chapter presents information gained from mouse genetics, highlighting how it informs male fertility research. The impact of environmental factors during pre-pubertal and pubertal stages of life is also investigated. Featuring engaging prose with chapters organized topographically, The Sperm Cell remains an essential resource for andrologists, clinical scientists, and laboratory personnel.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
12 Tables, black and white; 66 Halftones, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
998 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-12632-9 (9781107126329)
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E-Book
05/2017
Cambridge University Press
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Christopher J. De Jonge | Christopher L. R. Barratt
The Sperm Cell
Production, Maturation, Fertilization, Regeneration
E-Book
05/2017
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€111.99
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Previous edition
Christopher J. De Jonge | Christopher Barratt
The Sperm Cell
Production, Maturation, Fertilization, Regeneration
Book
02/2011
Cambridge University Press
€71.92
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Persons
Christopher De Jonge is Director of the Andrology Program at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Minnesota. Christopher L. R. Barratt is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
Content
List of contributors; Foreword Ryuzo Yanagimachi; Preface; 1. Spermatogenesis: clinical and experimental considerations Ellen Goossens and Herman Tournaye; 2. Sperm chromatin stability and susceptibility to damage in relation to its structure W. Steven Ward; 3. Sperm ultrastructure in fertile men and male sterility: revisiting teratozoospermia Hector E. Chemes; 4. Sperm RNA and its use as a clinical marker Meritxell Jodar, Ester Anton and Stephen A. Krawetz; 5. Role of the epididymis in sperm maturation Robert Sullivan and Clemence Belleannee; 6. Seminal plasma plays important roles in fertility Susan S. Suarez and Mariana F. Wolfner; 7. Physiological and pathological aspects of sperm metabolism Zamira Gibb and Robert John Aitken; 8. Regulation of sperm behaviour: the role(s) of [Ca2+]i signalling Stephen Publicover; 9. Proteomics of capacitation Mark A. Baker; 10. Current concepts and unresolved questions in human sperm cumulus and zona interaction Christopher De Jonge and Christopher L. R. Barratt; 11. Sperm specific WW-domain binding proteins Richard Oko, Mahmoud Aarabi, Jiude Mao, Hanna Balakier and Peter Sutovsky; 12. Fundamental role for sperm phospholipase C zeta at mammalian fertilization Michail Nomikos, Karl Swann and F. Anthony Lai; 13. Genetic basis of male infertility Amin S. Herati, Peter R. Butler and Dolores J. Lamb; 14. The Sperm epigenome Timothy G. Jenkins and Douglas T. Carrell; 15. Environmental factors and male fertility Tina Kold Jensen, Hanne Frederiksen, Katrine Bay and Niels E. Skakkebaek; 16. Male infertility and assisted reproduction Nigel Pereira, Queenie V. Neri, Tyler Cozzubbo, Stephanie Cheung, Zev Rosenwaks and Gianpiero D. Palermo; 17. Mouse genetics - how does it inform male fertility research? Laura O'Hara and Lee B. Smith; 18. Susceptibility of the testis to lifestyle and environmental factors during the life course Richard M. Sharpe; Index.