1. Genetica

   Table of Contents Pages: 1 - 2

2. Isolation and characterization of nif::kanamycin and nitrogen fixation proficient Azotobacter vinelandii strain, and its implication on the status of multiple chromosomes in Azotobacter

   • Man-Hee Suh
   • Lakshmidevi Pulakat
   • Nara Gavini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 107

3. The importance of control populations for the identification and management of genetic diversity

   • Juan L. Bouzat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 115

4. Variations of male cuticular hydrocarbons with geoclimatic variables: an adaptative mechanism in Drosophila melanogaster?

   • Jacques Rouault
   • Pierre Capy
   • Jean-Marc Jallon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 130

5. Chromosomal rearrangements as the source of variation in the number of chromosomes in Pseudis (Amphibia, Anura)

   • Carmen S. Busin
   • Giovani Vinciprova
   • Shirlei M. Recco-Pimentel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 141

6. Characterization and chromosome location of satellite DNA in the leaf beetle Chrysolina americana (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

   • Pedro Lorite
   • Teresa Palomeque
   • Eduard Petitpierre

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 150

7. 18S-28S rDNA is interspersed throughout heterochromatin in the millepede Enologus oxypygum (Diplopoda)

   • R. Vitturi
   • M.S. Colomba
   • R. Barbieri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 155

8. HMG-box sequences from microbats homologous to the human SOX30 HMG-box*

   • Mónica Bullejos
   • Rafael Díaz de la Guardia
   • Antonio Sánchez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 162

9. Allozyme variation and divergence in the phyllotine rodent Calomys hummelincki (Husson, 1960)

   • Angela M.G. Martino
   • Ernesto Capanna
   • Maria Grazia Filippucci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 175

10. Cytogenetic characterization of a supernumerary chromosome segment and of B-chromosomes in Astyanax scabripinnis (Teleostei, Characidae)

    • Edson Luis Maistro
    • Claudio Oliveira
    • Fausto Foresti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 183

11. Meiosis and the Neo- XY system of Dichroplus vittatus (Melanoplinae, Acrididae): a comparison between sexes

    • Claudio J. Bidau
    • Dardo A. Marti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 194

12. Genetic variance in temperature dependent adult size deriving from physiological genetic variation at temperature boundaries

    • Gerdien de Jong
    • Alexandra Imasheva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 207