1. Construction of novel Brassica napus genotypes through chromosomal substitution and elimination using interploid species hybridization

   • Maoteng Li
   • Wei Qian
   • Zongyun Li

   OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 426

2. Behaviour of nucleolus organizing regions (NORs) and nucleoli during mitotic and meiotic divisions in budding yeast

   • Jörg Fuchs
   • Josef Loidl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 438

3. Nascent RNA synthesis in the context of chromatin architecture

   • Nicolas Sadoni
   • Daniele Zink

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 451

4. Special Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 452 - 452

5. Phylogenetic history of the Sifakas (Propithecus: Lemuriformes) derived from cytogenetic studies

   • Yves Rumpler
   • Nicole Andriaholinirina
   • Clément Rabarivola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 453 - 463

6. Announcement: Third ELMAU Meeting on Nuclear Organization

   Legacy Pages: 464 - 464

7. Conserved patterns of gene expression in mice and goats in the vicinity of the Polled Intersex Syndrome (PIS) locus

   • Svetlana Nikic
   • Daniel Vaiman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 465 - 474

8. Visualization of the S-locus region in Ipomoea trifida: toward positional cloning of self-incompatibility genes

   • Go Suzuki
   • Saiko Tanaka
   • Yasuhiko Mukai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 481

9. Announcement: Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting

   Instructions for Authors Pages: 482 - 482

10. Cloning, characterization and localization of Chinese hamster HP1 isoforms

    • Barnabás Szakál
    • Imre Cserpán
    • Gyula Hadlaczky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 493

11. Multidirectional chromosome painting between the Hirola antelope (Damaliscus hunteri, Alcelaphini, Bovidae), sheep and human

    • Raquel Chaves
    • Lutz Frönicke
    • Johannes Wienberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 503

12. Nuclear organization of centromeric domains is not perturbed by inhibition of histone deacetylases

    • Susan Gilchrist
    • Nick Gilbert
    • Wendy A. Bickmore

    OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 516