The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition

1. The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in C. Elegans<br> Scott Robertson and Rueyling Lin<br>2. Regulation and Function of Maternal Gene Products During Oocyte Maturation and the Maternal-To-Zygotic Transition in Drosophila<br> John D. Laver, Alexander J. Marsolais, Craig A. Smibert and  Howard D. Lipshitz<br>3. Transcriptional Activation of the Zygotic Genome in Drosophila<br> Melissa M. Harrison and Michael B. Eisen<br>4. Coordinating Cell Cycle Remodeling with Transcriptional Activation at the Drosophila MBT<br> Shelby A. Blythe and Eric F. Wieschaus<br>5. Germ Line Versus Soma in the Transition from Egg to Embryo<br> S. Zachary Swartz and Gary M. Wessel<br>6. The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition During Vertebrate Development: a Model for Reprogramming <br> Valeria Yartseva and Antonio J. Giraldez<br>7. Building the future: post-transcriptional regulation of cell fate decisions prior to the Xenopus midblastula transition<br> Michael D. Sheets<br>8. The Xenopus Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition from the Perspective of the Germline <br>  Jing Yang, Tristan Aguero and Mary Lou King<br>9. Sculpting the Transcriptome During the Oocyte-to-Embryo Transition in Mouse<br> Petr Svoboda, Vedran Franke and Richard M. Schultz<br>10. The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in flowering Plants: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Plasticity<br> Célia Baroux and Ueli Grossniklaus<br>11. The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Higher Plants: Available Approaches, Critical Limitations and Technical Requirements<br> Peng Zhao and Meng-Xiang Sun