Oocyte selection: a new model for the maternal-age dependence of Down syndrome Chang-Jiang ZhengBreck Byers Original Investigations Pages: 1 - 6
Plasminogen with type-I mutation is polymorphic in the Japanese population Shuichi KikuchiYasuko YamanouchiHideo Hamaguchi Original Investigations Pages: 7 - 11
Detection of seven point mutations in the porphobilinogen deaminase gene in patients with acute intermittent porphyria, by direct sequencing of in vitro amplified cDNA C. S. MgoneW. G. LanyonJ. M. Connor Original Investigations Pages: 12 - 16
Molecular and genetic characterization and physical mapping of 11 new markers detecting multiallele restriction fragment length polymorphisms on the short arm of human chromosome 3 Farida LatifWilliam S. ModiMichael I. Lerman Original Investigations Pages: 17 - 22
Analysis of the 5′ flanking sequence of the Gγ globin gene by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis confirms the heterogeneity of the Bantu βs haplotype G. TachdjianM. BenabdennebiJ. Elion Original Investigations Pages: 23 - 26
Characterization of hypervariable locus-specific probes derived from a (CAC)5/(GTG)5 multilocus fingerprint in various Eurasian populations J. HundrieserP. NürnbergJ. T. Epplen Original Investigations Pages: 27 - 33
Prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy by fetal muscle biopsy Jeffrey A. KullerEric P. HoffmanMitchell S. Golbus Original Investigations Pages: 34 - 40
The mutational spectrum of single base-pair substitutions in mRNA splice junctions of human genes: Causes and consequences Michael KrawczakJochen ReissDavid N. Cooper Original Investigations Pages: 41 - 54
Polymerase chain reaction analysis of fragile X mutations Susan H. ErsterW. Ted BrownRobert G. Pergolizzi Original Investigations Pages: 55 - 61
Detection of GST1 gene deletion by the polymerase chain reaction and its possible correlation with stomach cancer in Japanese Shoji HaradaShogo MisawaMutsumi Nozoe Original Investigations Pages: 62 - 64
Molecular genetic analysis of 67 patients with duchenne/becker muscular dystrophy Susanne Niemann-SeydeRyszard SlomskiJochen Reiss Original Investigations Pages: 65 - 70
Significance of the clonal and sporadic chromosome abnormalities in non-neoplastic renal tissue R. CasaloneP. Granata CasaloneA. V. Bono Original Investigations Pages: 71 - 78
The murine Rb(6.16) translocation: alterations in the proportion of alternate sperm segregants effecting fertilization in vitro and in vivo Catherine A. ChaykoPatricia A. Martin-DeLeon Original Investigations Pages: 79 - 85
Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism at locus D17S5 (YNZ22) in four ethnically defined human populations Ranjan DekaSusan DeCrooRobert E. Ferrell Original Investigations Pages: 86 - 90
A genetic model for the Prader-Willi syndrome and its implication for angelman syndrome Ingo Kennerknecht Original Investigations Pages: 91 - 98
A genetic study of the human low-voltage electroencephalogram Andrej AnokhinOrtrud SteinleinFriedrich Vogel Original Investigations Pages: 99 - 112
Mapping of a gene for epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma to the region of the acidic keratin gene cluster at 17q12–q21 André ReisWolfgang KüsterKarl Sperling Original Investigations Pages: 113 - 116
Mitochondrial gene segregation in mammals: is the bottleneck always narrow? Neil HowellS. HalvorsonD. M. Turnbull Original Investigations Pages: 117 - 120
A minority of 46,XX true hermaphrodites are positive for the Y-DNA sequence including SRY Ken McElreaveyRaphaël RappaportMarc Fellous Original Investigations Pages: 121 - 125
Different chromosomal localization of two adenylyl cyclase genes expressed in human brain D. StengelJ. ParmaJ. Hanoune Original Investigations Pages: 126 - 130
No association between RFLPs at the porphobilinogen deaminase gene and schizophrenia M. J. OwenR. MantP. McGuffin Original Investigations Pages: 131 - 132
Commingling and segregation analysis of serum uric acid in five North American populations: the Lipid Research Clinics family study Treva RicePeter M. LaskarzewskiD. C. Rao Original Investigations Pages: 133 - 138
Molecular genotyping of N-acetylation polymorphism to predict phenotype Masami MashimoTomokazu SuzukiTakeo Deguchi Original Investigations Pages: 139 - 143
The QM gene is X-linked and therefore not involved in suppression of tumorigenesis in Wilms' tumor Ans M. W. van den OuwelandMarian VerdijkBernard A. van Oost Short Communications Pages: 144 - 146
CpG hotspot causes second mutation in codon 408 of the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene Susan J. RamusSusan M. ForrestRichard G. H. Cotton Short Communications Pages: 147 - 148
Significantly higher frequency of the MspI 2.2 kb allele of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy intragenic probe P-20 in the Chinese population Jianjun WeiYishou GuoYaping Yang Short Communications Pages: 149 - 150
Chromosome aberrations in 450 sperm complements from eight controls and lack of increase after chemotherapy in two patients J. JendernyM. L. JacobiG. Röhrborn Short Communications Pages: 151 - 154
Haplotype distribution and mutations at the PAH locus in Croatia Ivo BarićDuško MardešićFriedrich K. Trefz Short Communications Pages: 155 - 157
Transthyretin Pro 36 associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy in an Ashkenazic Jewish kindred Daniel R. JacobsonC. Julian RosenthalJoel N. Buxbaum Short Communications Pages: 158 - 160
Frequent polymorphism in the 13th exon of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene S. OlschwangP. Laurent-PuigG. Thomas Short Communications Pages: 161 - 163
Linkage study in a large pedigree with Stickler syndrome: exclusion of COL2A1 as the mutant gene J. BonaventureC. PhilippeS. Gilgenkrantz Short Communications Pages: 164 - 168
De novo mutation within the intron-exon junction in the PiZ allele of the alpha-1-antitrypsin gene A. L. SchwarzmanA. KowalskaV. S. Gaitskhoki Short Communications Pages: 169 - 170
Sperm chromosome analysis of two males heterozygous for a t(2;17)(q35;p13) and t(3;8)(p13;p21) reciprocal translocation J. Jenderny Short Communications Pages: 171 - 173
Mapping of the human COL5A1 gene to chromosome 9q34.3 G. CaridiAnnalisa PezzoloG. M. Ghiggeri Short Communications Pages: 174 - 176
Autosomal dominant congenital cataract and microphthalmia associated with a familial t(2;16) translocation Yuji YokoyamaKouji NaraharaYoshiki Seino Short Communications Pages: 177 - 178
Splicing defect of the glycoasparaginase gene in two Japanese siblings with apartylglucosamimiria Kunihiro YoshidaNobuo YanagisawaYoshiyuki Suzuki Short Communications Pages: 179 - 180
Multiple minute marker chromosomes derived from Y identified by FISH in an intersexual infant L. DiekmannK. PalmM. Köhler Clinical Case Report Pages: 181 - 183
Two new alleles in the tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism at the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) locus Young I. AhnM. Ilyas KambohRobert E. Ferrell OriginalPaper Pages: 184 - 184
Rearrangements of the X chromosome and Turner syndrome M. Crocker Letters to the Editors Pages: 185 - 186
Huntington disease in black African populations E. M. ScrimgeourS. A. Simpson Letters to the Editors Pages: 186 - 187
Chromosome 1 in human colorectal tumors E. GebhartD. RauT. Dingermann Letters to the Editors Pages: 188 - 190
Involvement of 3:1 disjunction in the common reciprocal translocation t(11;22)(q23.3;q11.2) Ann C. Chandley Letters to the Editors Pages: 191 - 192
Proving paternity of children with deceased fathers Päivi HelminenVivian JohnssonLeena Peltonen Erratum Pages: 193 - 193