Chromosomes Today

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Chromosomes yesterday: a century of chromosome studies

      • Ernesto Capanna

      Pages 3-22

3. Chromosome organisation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The prometaphase bands of human chromosomes: compositional features and gene distribution

      • Giorgio Bernardi, Concetta Federico, Salvatore Saccone

      Pages 25-28

   3. The functional and structural organization of Drosophila heterochromatin

      • Sergio Pimpinelli

      Pages 29-43

   4. RNA, genes, genomes and chromosomes: repetitive DNA sequences in plants

      • J. S. Heslop-Harrison

      Pages 45-56

   5. Non-B DNA structures spatially and sequence-specifically associated with individual centromeres in the human interphase nucleus

      • Mizuki Ohno, Toyoaki Tenzen, Yoshihisa Watanabe, Tetsushi Yamagata, Shigehiko Kanaya, Toshimichi Ikemura

      Pages 57-69

4. Chromosome function and behaviour

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Chromosomes in mitosis: chance and checkpoint

      • R. Bruce Nicklas

      Pages 73-78

   3. Genetic control of B chromosome transmission in maize and rye

      • María J. Puertas, Guillermo Jiménez, Silvia Manzanero, A. Mauricio Chiavarino, Marcela Rosato, Carlos A. Naranjo et al.

      Pages 79-92

   4. Igf2 imprinting in development and disease

      • W. Reik, M. Constancia, W. Dean, K. Davies, L. Bowden, A. Murrell et al.

      Pages 93-104

5. Meiosis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Seeing meiotic chromosomes without seeing them

      • Nancy Kleckner

      Pages 107-122

   3. Meiosis in budding yeast and in multicellular eukaryotes — similarities and differences

      • Josef Loidl

      Pages 123-137

   4. Meiotic pairing sites and genes involved in segregation of the X and Y chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster

      • Bruce D. McKee, Chia-sin Hong, Siuk Yoo

      Pages 139-152

6. Chromosome evolution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Genome evolution in Triticeae

      • Belén Maestra, Tomás Naranjo

      Pages 155-167

   3. Karyotypic evolution in Neotropical freshwater fish

      • Lurdes F. de Almeida-Toledo, Fausto Foresti, Silvio de A. Toledo-Filho

      Pages 169-182

   4. Repetitive DNA as a tool to study the phylogeny of cold-blooded vertebrates

      • Teresa Capriglione

      Pages 183-194

Chromosomes Today, Volume 13 includes the plenary lectures presented at the 13th International Chromosome Conference, covering the most recent advances in the studies on chromosomes. The contributions in this volume were presented by some of the world's leaders in cytogenetic and molecular research and outline the present status of knowledge on the composition, structure, function and evolution of chromosomes, including, among others, the advancement of the human genome project. The use of cytogenetic studies has greatly increased in the last few years, resulting in a progressive improvement in the available methods that has consequently allowed a more detailed analysis of the molecular organization of eukaryotic chromosomes and a precise in situ localisation of specific gene sequences. This volume of Chromosomes Today provides up-to-date information regarding the topics at the forefront of chromosome research: genetic regulation, imprinting, DNA duplication, meiotic pairing, and the regulation of the...

• Chromosom
• DNA
• FISH
• RNA
• aging
• chromosome
• cytogenetics
• eukaryote
• evolution
• gene
• genes
• genetics
• genome
• phylogeny
• regulation

• Istituto di Biologia e Genetica, Ancona, Italy

  Ettore Olmo

• Dipartimento di Biologia animale / Centro di Studio per l’Istochimica — CNR, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

  Carlo Alberto Redi

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