Reviews
Webb, S. E. & Miller, A. L. Calcium signalling during embryonic development. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 4, 539-551 (2003)

Montell, D. J. Border-cell migration: the race is on. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 4, 13-24 (2003)

Evans, J. P. & Florman, H. M. The state of the union: the cell biology of fertilization. Nature Cell Biol. 4 (S1), S57-S63 (2002)

Matzuk, M. M. & Lamb, D. J. Genetic dissection of mammalian fertility pathways. Nature Cell Biol. 4 (S1), S33-S40 (2002)

Kobayashi, A. & Behringer, R. R. Developmental genetics of the female reproductive tract in mammals. Nature Rev. Genet. 4, 969-980 (2003)

Simpson, P. Evolution of development in closely related species of flies and worms. Nature Rev. Genet. 3, 907-917 (2002)

Research papers
Simonsson, S. & Gurdon, J. DNA demethylation is necessary for the epigenetic reprogramming of somatic cell nuclei. Nature Cell Biol. 6, 984-990 (2004)

Delbarco-Trillo, J. & Ferkin, M. H. Male mammals respond to a risk of sperm competition conveyed by odours of conspecific males Nature 431, 446-449 (2004)

Hiiragi, T. & Solter, D. First cleavage plane of the mouse egg is not predetermined by the topology of the two apposing pronuclei. Nature 430, 360-364 (2004)

Navarro, C., Puthalakath, H., Adams, J. M., Strasser, A. & Lehmann, R. Egalitarian binds dynein light chain to establish oocyte polarity and maintain oocyte fate. Nature Cell Biol. 6, 427-435 (2004)

Kono, T., Obata, Y., Wu, Q., Niwa, K., Ono, Y., Yamamoto, Y., Park, E. S., Seo, J. S. & Ogawa, H. Birth of parthenogenetic mice that can develop to adulthood. Nature 428, 860-864 (2004)

Riechmann, V., Gutierrez, G. J., Filardo, P., Nebreda, A. R. & Ephrussi, A. Par-1 regulates stability of the posterior determinant Oskar by phosphorylation. Nature Cell Biol. 4, 337-342 (2002)

Cha, B.-J., Serbus, L. R., Koppetsch, B. S. & Theurkauf, W. E. Kinesin I-dependent cortical exclusion restricts pole plasm to the oocyte posterior. Nature Cell Biol. 4, 592-598 (2002)

Polesello, C., Delon, I., Valenti, P., Ferrer, P. & Payre, F. Dmoesin controls actin-based cell shape and polarity during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. Nature Cell Biol. 4, 782-789 (2002)

News and Views
Fujita, N. & Wade, P. A. Nuclear transfer: Epigenetics pays a visit. Nature Cell Biol. 6, 920-922 (2004)

Schatten, G. & Donovan, P. Embryology: Plane talk. Nature 430, 301-302 (2004)

Davis, I. A helicase that gets Oskar's message across. Nature Cell Biol. 6, 285-287 (2004)

Loebel, D. A. & Tam, P. P. Genomic imprinting: Mice without a father. Nature 428, 809-811 (2004)

Wassarman, P. M. Channels of communication in the ovary. Nature Cell Biol. 4 (S1), S7-S9 (2002)