Introduction Shedding New Light on the Dark Corners of the Nucleus Joel C. EissenbergArthur J. Hilliker Introduction Pages: 3 - 6
Essential Genes in Autosomal Heterochromatin of Drosophila Melanogaster D.A.R. SinclairS. SchulzeB.M. Honda OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 18
Versatility of Conviction: Heterochromatin as Both a Repressor and an Activator of Transcription Joel C. EissenbergArthur J. Hilliker OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24
Drosophila Telomeric Transgenes Provide Insights on Mechanisms of Gene Silencing Lori L. Wallrath OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 33
Drosophila Telomere Transposons: Genetically Active Elements in Heterochromatin M.-L. PardueP.G. DeBaryshe OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 52
Impact of Multiple Insertions of two Retroelements, ZAM and Idefix at an Euchromatic Locus Caroline ConteValérie CalcoChantal Vaury OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 59
Control of Telomere Elongation and Telomeric Silencing in Drosophila Melanogaster James M. MasonAbdelali HaoudiHarald Biessmann OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 70
Searching for a Common Centromeric Structural Motif: Drosophila Centromeric Satellite DNAs Show Propensity to form Telomeric-Like Unusual DNA Structures José P. AbadAlfredo Villasante OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 75
On the Roles of Heterochromatin and Euchromatin in Meiosis in Drosophila: Mapping Chromosomal Pairing Sites and Testing Candidate Mutations for Effects on X–Y Nondisjunction and Meiotic Drive in Male Meiosis Bruce D. McKeeChia-sin HongSuchita Das OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 93
Chromosomally-Induced Meiotic Drive in Drosophila Males: Checkpoint or Fallout? John E. Tomkiel OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 103
Common Mechanisms of Y Chromosome Evolution Manfred SteinemannSigrid Steinemann OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 111
Molecular Aspects of Intron Evolution in Dynein Encoding Mega-Genes on The Heterochromatic Y Chromosome of Drosophila sp. Roman KurekAlexander M. ReugelsHans Bünemann OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 123
Evolution of DNA in Heterochromatin: the Drosophila Melanogaster Sibling Species Subgroup as a Resource Allan R. LohePaul A. Roberts OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 130
Paralogous Stellate Vladimir A. GvozdevGalina L. KoganYury Y. Shevelyov OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 140
A Trans-Activator on the Drosophila Y Chromosome Regulates Gene Expression in the Male Germ Line Ping ZhangBenjamin TimakovIsmail Y. Turgut OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 150