Chromosomes Today

Prologue.- 1 Cytogenetics: yesterday, today and forever. A conceptual and historical view.- One: Sequence Organization in Chromosomes.- 2 Chromosome differentiation using nucleases: an overview.- 3 Y-linked genes and spermatogenesis in primatess.- 4 Subchromosomal painting libraries (SCPLs) from somatic cell hybrids.- 5 The relationship between gene density and chromosome banding patterns in mammalian nuclei.- Two: Maintenance and Breakdown of Stability.- 6 Genes controlling chromosome structure in Drosophila melanogaster.- 7 Retrotransposons at Drosophila telomeres and terminal chromosome deficiencies.- 8 Interspecific micronucleus model for the study of induced chromosome aberrations in human male germ cells.- 9 Characterization of amplified DNA sequences in human cancers.- Three: Control Mechanisms.- 10 Transcription factories and chromosome structure.- 11 The replication of ribosomal RNA genes in eukaryotes.- 12 Genomic interactions: Gene expression, DNA methylation and nuclear architecture.- 13 Gametic imprinting at the mouse and human IGF2R/MPR300 locus.- Four: Meiotic Mobility and Recombination.- 14 Chromosome behaviour in earliest meiotic prophase.- 15 Univalent orientation in living meiocytes.- 16 Proteins Controlling Sister-Chromatid Cohesion.- 17 Expanding genetic maps: reevaluation of the relationship between chiasmata and crossovers.- Five: Evolutionary Dynamics.- 18 Evolution of a near-neutral B chromosome.- 19 Chromosome painting in wheat.- 20 New insights into chromosome evolution in plants from molecular cytogenetics.- 21 A saltation model of karyotypic evolution in the Octodontoidea (Mammalia, Rodentia).- Epilogue.- 22 The who is who of chromosomes.

All-in-all this volume continues the excellent tradition of Chromosomes Today and is well worth reading. - Heredity