1. Microsatellite mapping of the genes for brittle rachis on homoeologous group 3 chromosomes in tetraploid and hexaploid wheats

   • Nobuyoshi Watanabe
   • Youko Fujii
   • Petr Martinek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 98

2. Effects of heavy metal pollution on genetic variation and cytological disturbances in thePinus sylvestris L. population

   • Wiesław Prus-Głowacki
   • Ewa Chudzińska
   • Katarzyna Fagiewicz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 108

3. Screening for mutations affecting sexual reproduction after activation tagging inArabidopsis thaliana

   • Giorgio Perrella
   • Gaetana Cremona
   • Clara Conicella

   Short Communication Pages: 109 - 111

4. Effect of selected factors on the effectiveness ofCapsicum annuum L. anther culture

   • Paweł Nowaczyk
   • Anna Kisiała

   Short Communication Pages: 113 - 117

5. A novel mitochondrial intergenic spacer reflecting population structure of Pacific oyster

   • Futoshi Aranishi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 123

6. Adjustments for heterogeneous herd-year variances in a random regression model for genetic evaluations of Polish Black-and-White cattle

   • Tomasz Strabel
   • Tomasz Jankowski
   • Janusz Jamrozik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 130

7. Polymorphisms in coding and regulatory regions of the porcineMYF6 andMYOG genes and expression of theMYF6 gene inm. longissimus dorsi versus productive traits in pigs

   • Joanna Wyszyńska-Koko
   • Mariusz Pierzchała
   • Jolanta Kurył

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 138

8. Associations between the prolactin receptor gene polymorphism and reproductive traits of boars

   • Marek Kmieć
   • Arkadiusz Terman

   Short Communication Pages: 139 - 141

9. Birth defects surveillance in Ukraine: a process

   • Wladimir Wertelecki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 149

10. The impact of prenatal diagnosis on neural tube defect (NTD) pregnancy versus birth incidence in British Columbia

    • Margot I. Van Allen
    • Erin Boyle
    • Soo -Hong Uh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 158

11. A novel c.581C>T transition localized in a highly conserved homeobox sequence ofMSX1: is it responsible for oligodontia?

    • Adrianna Mostowska
    • Barbara Biedziak
    • Wiesław H. Trzeciak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 164

12. Trisomy 18 in neonates: prenatal diagnosis, clinical features, therapeutic dilemmas and outcome

    • Barbara Goc
    • Zofia Walencka
    • Janusz Świetliński

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 170

13. Urological anomalies in children with renal agenesis or multicystic dysplastic kidney

    • Grażyna Krzemień
    • Maria Roszkowska-Blaim
    • Renata Sękowska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 176

14. Ultrasound diagnostic schema for the determination of increased risk for chromosomal fetal aneuploidies in the first half of pregnancy

    • Piotr Sieroszewski
    • Małgorzata Perenc
    • Jacek Suzin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 185

15. Knowledge among young people about folic acid and its importance during pregnancy: a survey in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)

    • Simone Pötzsch
    • Jana Hoyer-Schuschke
    • Volker Steinbicker

    Short Communication Pages: 187 - 190

16. Trends in diagnosis and prevalence of critical congenital heart defects in the Podkarpacie province in 2002–2004, based on data from the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations

    • Aneta Górska-Kot
    • Witold Błaż
    • Józef Franus

    Short Communication Pages: 191 - 194

17. Harlequin ichthyosis — difficulties in prenatal diagnosis

    • Katarzyna Zapałowicz
    • Grażyna Wyględowska
    • Alicja Bednarowska

    Case Report Pages: 195 - 197

18. Dental treatment strategies in a 40-year-old patient with cleidocranial dysplasia

    • Aneta Olszewska

    Case Report Pages: 199 - 201