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Preface Acknowledgments Part 1 Diversity in Reproductive Strategies and Germ Cell Differentiation Mechanisms Chapter 1. Germ cell formation in solitary ascidians: coexistence of preformation and epigenesist Chapter 2. Regulatory mechanisms of the germline stem cell niche in Drosophila melanogaster Chapter 3. Regulation of germline stem cells in the teleost: gametogenesis, sex and fecundity Chapter 4. Regulatory mechanism of spermatogenic stem cells in mice: their dynamic and context-dependent behavior Chapter 5. Nutritional control of the germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans Chapter 6. Seasonal regulation of reproduction in vertebrates: Special focus on avian strategy Chapter 7. Roles of germline stem cells and somatic multipotent stem cells in Hydra sexual reproduction Chapter 8. Reproductive strategies in marine hydrozoan jellyfish: sexual medusae and asexual polyps Chapter 9. Reproductive strategies in planarians: Insights gained from the bioassay system for sexual induction in asexual Dugesia ryukyuensis worms Chapter 10. Reproductive strategies in Annelida: germ cell formation and regeneration Chapter 11. Reproductive strategies in social amoeba Part 2 Diversity in the Sex Determination and Differentiation Chapter 12. Environmental control on sex differentiation in Daphnia Chapter 13. Sex determination cascade in insects: a great treasure house of alternative splicing Chapter 14. Genetic control on sex determination and differentiation in fish Chapter 15. Endocrine and environmental control of sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish Chapter 16. Variety of sex change in tropical fish Chapter 17. Sex determination and differentiation in frogs Chapter 18. Environmental control on sex determination and differentiation in reptiles Chapter 19. Sex determination and differentiation in birds Chapter 20. Sex determination and differentiation in mammals Part 3 Diversity in the Mechanism of Fertilization Chapter 21. Modulation of sperm motility and function prior to fertilization Chapter 22. Postcopulatory reproductive strategies in spermatozoa Chapter 23. Ascidian sexual reproductive strategies: mechanisms of sperm-egg interaction and self-sterility Chapte 24. Universality and diversity of a fast, electrical block to polyspermy during animal fertilization Chapter 25. Preparing for fertilization: Intercellular signals for oocyte maturation Chapter 26. Regulation of sperm-egg fusion at the plasma membrane Chapter 27. Fertilization and protein-tyrosine kinase signaling: are they merging or emerging? Part 4 Diversity in Axis Formation Chapter 28. Early embryonic axis formation in a simple chordate ascidian Chapter 29. Recent advances in hagfish developmental biology in a historical context: implications for understanding the evolution of the vertebral elements Chapter 30. Left-right specification in the embryonic and larval development of amphibians Chapter 31. The molecular basis of the gastrula organizer in amphibians and cnidarians Chapter 32. Axis formation and its evolution in ray-finned fish Chapter 33. Post-embryonic axis formation in planarians Chapter 34. Larval and adult body axes in echinoderms