1. Cross-phylum regulatory potential of the ascidian Otx gene in brain development in Drosophila melanogaster

   • Yoshitsugu Adachi
   • Tomoko Nagao
   • Katsuo Furukubo-Tokunaga

   Original Article Pages: 269 - 280

2. Ectopic expression of rice OsMADS1 reveals a role in specifying the lemma and palea, grass floral organs analogous to sepals

   • Kalika Prasad
   • P. Sriram
   • Usha Vijayraghavan

   Original Article Pages: 281 - 290

3. Hremx, the ascidian homologue of ems/emx, is expressed in the anterior and posterior-lateral epidermis but not in the central nervous system during embryogenesis

   • Izumi Oda
   • Hidetoshi Saiga

   Original Article Pages: 291 - 298

4. Universal occurrence of the vasa-related genes among metazoans and their germline expression in Hydra

   • Kazufumi Mochizuki
   • Chiemi Nishimiya-Fujisawa
   • Toshitaka Fujisawa

   Original Article Pages: 299 - 308

5. Xenopus Polycomblike 2 (XPcl2) controls anterior to posterior patterning of the neural tissue

   • Tetsuya Kitaguchi
   • Katsunori Nakata
   • Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

   Short Communication Pages: 309 - 314

6. Sequence and expression of the hunchback gene in Lucilia sericata: a comparison with other Dipterans

   Expression Note Pages: 315 - 318