1. Prox 1 in eye degeneration and sensory organ compensation during development and evolution of the cavefish Astyanax

   • W. R. Jeffery
   • Allen G. Strickler
   • Stanislav I. Tomarev

   Original Article Pages: 223 - 230

2. Overlapping expression of amphioxus homologs of the thyroid transcription factor-1 gene and thyroid peroxidase gene in the endostyle: insight into evolution of the thyroid gland

   • Michio Ogasawara

   Original Article Pages: 231 - 242

3. ASW: a gene with conserved avian W-linkage and female specific expression in chick embryonic gonad

   • Michael O’Neill
   • Michele Binder
   • A. Sinclair

   Original Article Pages: 243 - 249

4. Evolutionary conservation of the gene Cvsox9 in the lizard, Calotes versicolor, and its expression during gonadal differentiation

   • Bibha Choudhary
   • S. Ganesh
   • R. Raman

   Short Communication Pages: 250 - 257

5. Identification and characterization of the epithelial polarity receptor ”Frizzled” in Hydra vulgaris

   • S. Minobe
   • K. Fei
   • M. J. Werle

   Short Communication Pages: 258 - 262

6. All meiotic chromosomes and both centrosomes at spindle pole in the zygotes discarded as two polar bodies in clam Corbicula leana: unusual polar body formation observed by antitubulin immunofluorescence

   • A. Komaru
   • Kennichi Ookubo
   • Masato Kiyomoto

   Short Communication Pages: 263 - 269

7. Expression of Dlx genes during the development of the murine dentition

   • Z. Zhao
   • D. W. Stock
   • Kenneth M. Weiss

   Short Communication Pages: 270 - 275