Background
Gwatkin, Ralph Buchanan Lloyd was born on May 23, 1929 in Newport, Gwent, Wales. Son of Ralph Lloyd and Ada Alexandra (Lennie) Gwatkin. came to the United States, 1959.
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Fertilization in mammals normally occUrs within the oviduct, where it is relatively inaccessible to study. However, as a result of painstaking research, most of it carried out over the last five years, this barrier to experimentation has been largely overcome by the development of in vitro fertilization techniques for at least 11 different species, including man. The result has been a rapid increase in our knowledge of the physiological and bio chemical mechanisms involved in the fertilization process. The aim of this book, which is an extension of my recent review of cell surface interactions in fertilization (Gwatkin, 1976), is to present a brief, but well documented, account of the new knowledge that has been attained. Although this book deals with mammalian fertilization mechanisms, I have included some recent experiments on am phibian and invertebrate gametes to supplement the mammalian picture. This information is particularly valuable as the rela tively large number of eggs available from these lower forms has advanced our knowledge of certain fertilization mechanisms beyond what is known in mammals. However, in the interest of brevity, I have omitted details of morphology and minor varia tions between species. For these, and other aspects not covered here, the reader is referred to the books of Austin (1965, 1968), vii viii PREFACE Austin and Short (1972), Metz and Monroy (1969), Monroy (1965), Lord Rothschild (1956a), and Zamboni (l971a).
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Gwatkin, Ralph Buchanan Lloyd was born on May 23, 1929 in Newport, Gwent, Wales. Son of Ralph Lloyd and Ada Alexandra (Lennie) Gwatkin. came to the United States, 1959.
Master of Arts, University Toronto (Canada), 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1954.
Research associate University Toronto, 1956-1961, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, 1956-1961. Assistant professor veterinary school University Pennsylvania, 1962-1966. From assistant director to director Merck Institute, Rahway, New Jersey, 1967-1980.
Visiting professor Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1980-1981. Professor McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1982-1985. Director Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1986-1989.
President ReproGene, Beachwood, Ohio, since 1990. Adjunct professor reproductive biology Case Western Reserve University Medical School. Founder, chair Gordon Conference on Fertilization, Holderness, New Hampshire, 1974.
Member reproductive biology study section National Institutes of Health, Washington, 1980.
(Fertilization in mammals normally occUrs within the ovidu...)
(Fertilization in mammals normally occUrs within the ovidu...)
Member Society Study Reproduction, American Society Cell Biology.
Married Selma Lila Schatz, June 20, 1954. Children: Sharon, Nadine, David.