<p>1. Regulation of the Embryonic Cell Cycle During Mammalian Preimplantation Development<br>Nathan Palmer and Philipp Kaldis<br>2. Genome Duplication at the Beginning of Mammalian Development<br>Melvin L. DePamphilis<br>3. Zygotic Genome Activation Revisited: Looking Through the Expression and Function of Zscan4<br>Minoru S.H. Ko<br>4. From Meiosis to Mitosis: The Astonishing Flexibility of Cell Division Mechanisms in Early Mammalian Development<br>Leah Bury, Paula A. Coelho and David M. Glover<br>5. The Genetic Regulation of Cell Fate During Preimplantation Mouse Development Alyson A. Lokken and Amy Ralston<br>6. Polarity in Cell Fate Acquisition in the Early Mouse Embryo<br>Chuen Yan Leung, Meng Zhu and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz<br>7. Mouse Embryo Compaction<br>Melanie D. White, Stephanie Bissiere, Yanina D. Alvarez and Nicolas Plachta<br>8. Metabolism of Preimplantation Embryo Development: A Bystander or an Active Participant?<br>Kotaro J. Kaneko<br>9. Epigenetic Control of Early Mouse Development<br>Chin Yan Lim, Barbara B. Knowles, Davor Solter and Daniel M. Messerschmidt<br>10. Capturing Identity and Fate ex vivo: Stem Cells from the Mouse Blastocyst<br>Vidur Garg, Sophie Morgani and Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis<br>11. Species-Specific Variation Among Mammals<br>Renee A Reijo Pera and Ligia Prezzoto<br>12. Genetic Analysis of Human Preimplantation Embryos<br>Sandra Garcia-Herrero, Ana Cervero, Emilia Mateu, Pere Mir, Mª Eugenia Póo, Lorena Rodrigo, María Vera and Carmen Rubio</p>