title: In the beginning: lessons from fertilization in mice and worms.
abstract: Sexual reproduction proceeds by fertilization; formation of new individuals by the union of haploid gametes. Recent reports in Cell and in Developmental Cell may provide new insights as to how this process begins and is regulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jungnickel
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Harvey M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Florman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D015044:Zona Pellucida / Q000378:metabolism*