1. Announcement (A New American Associate Editor)

   • Michael A. Goldman

   Announcement Pages: 265 - 265

2. Localization of human SMC1 protein at kinetochores

   • Heather C. Gregson
   • Aaron A. Van Hooser
   • Kyoko Yokomori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 277

3. Cytogenetic characterization of telomeres in the holocentric chromosomes of the lepidopteran Mamestra brassicae

   • M. Mandrioli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 286

4. Identification and partial characterization of a new Ceratitis capitata-specific 44-bp pericentromeric repeat

   • E. E. Stratikopoulos
   • A. A. Augustinos
   • K. D. Mathiopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 295

5. A centromeric satellite DNA may be involved in heterochromatin compactness in gobiid fishes

   • Adriana Canapa
   • Paola Nisi Cerioni
   • Vincenzo Caputo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 304

6. Active, but not inactive, human centromeres display topoisomerase II activity in vivo

   • Claus L. Andersen
   • Annelise Wandall
   • Jørn Koch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 312

7. Cytogenetic differentiation of two sympatric tree shrew taxa found in the southern part of the Isthmus of Kra

   • Hirohisa Hirai
   • Yuriko Hirai
   • Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 327

8. Crossing over as assessed by late recombination nodules is related to the pattern of synapsis and the distribution of early recombination nodules in maize

   • Stephen M. Stack
   • Lorinda K. Anderson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 345

9. Genomic Imprinting and Uniparental Disomy in Medicine

   • Rachel Smith
   • Gavin Kelsey

   BookReview Pages: 347 - 348