Chromosomes Today

1. Sex Chromosomes.- 1.1. Mammalian Sex Chromosome Evolution — The Rise and Fall of the Y Chromosome.- 1.2. Avian Sex Chromosomes and Sex-Linked Genes.- 1.3. DMRT Genes and Sex Determination in Medaka.- 1.4. Evolution of the Y Chromosome in Primates.- 1.5. The Male Hypermethylation (MHM) Region on the Chicken Z Chromosome: Female-Specific Transcription and its Biological Implication.- 1.6. Neo-X and Neo-Y Chromosomes in Drosophila Miranda.- 1.7. The X Chromosome Plays a Special Role During Speciation.- 1.8. Sex Chromosome Evolution: Evidence from Fish, Fly and Moth Species.- 2. Meiosis.- 2.1. Expression and Chromatin Binding Specificity of Ki-67 in Male and Female Meiosis of the Mouse.- 2.2. Conservation and Variability of Meiotic Processes — Lessons from the Unconventional Meiosis of C. elegans.- 2.3. Meiotic Chromosomes and Meiotic Mechanisms.- 2.4. The Nuclear Envelope at the Attachment Sites of Mammalian Meiotic Telomeres.- 2.5. Interphase Cytogenetics in Understanding Chromosome and Telomere Dynamics During Prophase I: Implications for Meiotic Telomere Movements.- 3. Cancer Cytogenetics.- 3.1. Molecular Cytogenetics in the Study of Cancer.- 3.2. Chromosomal Translocations in Leukaemia: Emerging Networks.- 4. Chromosome Structures.- 4.1. The EVO-DEVO of Pericentromeric DNA in the Mouse.- 4.2. New Developments in Multicolour Fluorescence in situ Hybridization.- 4.3. Artificial Chromosomes – Past, Present and Future.- 4.4. Differential Demethylation of Paternal and Maternal Genomes in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo: Implications for Mammalian Development.- 4.5. Integrated Comparative Genome Maps and Their Implications for Karyotype Evolution of Carnivores.- 4.6. Complex Relationships Between DNA Methylation Status and Chromosome Compaction and Cohesion.- 4.7.Constitutive Heterochromatin of Microtus agrestis: Molecular Organization Genetic Activity in Mitotic Meiotic Cells.- 5. Plant Cytogenetics.- 5.1. FISHing Repeated DNA Sequences in Beta Genomes.- 5.2. Interphase Cytogenetics in Plants.