1. A human UPD-GalNAc: polypeptide, N-acetylgalactosaminyltranferase type 1 gene is located at the chromosomal region 18q12.1

   • Setsuo Takai
   • Yuji Hinoda
   • M. Oshima

   Original investigation Pages: 293 - 294

2. The mapping and visual ordering of the human syndecan-1 and N-myc genes near the telomeric region of chromosome 2p

   • Jaakko Kaukonen
   • Leena Alanen-Kurki
   • A. Palotie

   Original investigation Pages: 295 - 297

3. An extension of the admixture test for the study of genetic heterogeneity in hereditary multiple exostoses

   • Laurence Legeai-Mallet
   • Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin
   • Françoise Clerget-Darpoux

   Original investigation Pages: 298 - 302

4. Close physical linkage of the genes encoding the pNR-2/pS2 protein and human spasmolytic protein (hSP)

   • F. E. B. May
   • Bruce R. Westley

   Original investigation Pages: 303 - 307

5. Rapid antibody test for diagnosing fragile X syndrome: a validation of the technique

   • R. Willemsen
   • Arie Smits
   • B. A. Oostra

   Original investigation Pages: 308 - 311

6. DNA multiallelic systems reveal gene/longevity associations not detected by diallelic systems. The APOB locus

   • G. De Benedictis
   • E. Falcone
   • C. Franceschi

   Original investigation Pages: 312 - 318

7. Laryngeal and oropharyngeal cancer, and alcohol dehydrogenase 3 and glutathione S-transferase M1 polymorphisms

   • C. Coutelle
   • P. J. Ward
   • A. Cassaigne

   Original investigation Pages: 319 - 325

8. Mapping of the human adenosine A_2a receptor gene: relationship to potential schizophrenia loci on chromosome 22q and exclusion from the CATCH 22 region

   • J. Deckert
   • Markus M. Nöthen
   • Peter Propping

   Original investigation Pages: 326 - 328

9. Isolation of a cDNA encoding the human homolog of COX17, a yeast gene essential for mitochondrial copper recruitment

   • Ravi Amaravadi
   • D. Moira Glerum
   • A. Tzagoloff

   Original investigation Pages: 329 - 333

10. The human homolog of the rodent immediate early response genes, PC4 and TIS7, resides in the lung cancer tumor suppressor gene region on chromosome 3p21

    • F. Latif
    • Fuh-Mei Duh
    • Michael I. Lerman

    Original investigation Pages: 334 - 341

11. Differential loss of heterozygosity in familial, sporadic, and uremic hyperparathyroidism

    • F. Farnebo
    • Bin Tean Teh
    • Catharina Larsson

    Original investigation Pages: 342 - 349

12. A C57BL/KsJ mouse model of Niemann-Pick disease (spm) belongs to the same complementation group as the major childhood type of Niemann-Pick disease type C

    • S. Akaboshi
    • Tamami Yano
    • Kenzo Takeshita

    Original investigation Pages: 350 - 353

13. Southern analysis for detection of CAG repeat expansions associated with dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy

    • R. L. Alford
    • R. L. Margolis
    • C. S. Richards

    Original investigation Pages: 354 - 356

14. Interethnic polymorphism of EWS intron 6: genome plasticity mediated by Alu retroposition and recombination

    • Jessica Zucman-Rossi
    • Mark A. Batzer
    • Gilles Thomas

    Original investigation Pages: 357 - 363

15. Rapid detection of trisomy 21 by homologous gene quantitative PCR (HGQ-PCR)

    • Hsien-Hsiung Lee
    • Jan-Gowth Chang
    • Heung-Tat Ng

    Original investigation Pages: 364 - 367

16. Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the human casein gene family

    • Y. Fujiwara
    • M. Miwa
    • M. Ueda

    Original investigation Pages: 368 - 373

17. High-resolution comparative hybridization to combed DNA fibers

    • Jürgen Kraus
    • Ruthild G. Weber
    • Thomas Cremer

    Original investigation Pages: 374 - 380

18. Molecular basis of α-thalassemia in Sicily

    • Marco Fichera
    • Angela Spalletta
    • A. Ragusa

    Original investigation Pages: 381 - 386

19. Cloning a new human gene from chromosome 21q22.3 encoding a glutamic acid-rich protein expressed in heart and skeletal muscle

    • P. Scartezzini
    • Aliana Egeo
    • Alberto Rasore-Quartino

    Original investigation Pages: 387 - 392

20. Human orosomucoid polymorphism: molecular basis of the three common ORM1 alleles, ORM1*F1, ORM1*F2, and ORM1*S

    • I. Yuasa
    • Kazuo Umetsu
    • Yoshito Irizawa

    Original investigation Pages: 393 - 398

21. Coding versus intron variability: extremely polymorphic HLA-DRB1 exons are flanked by specific composite microsatellites, even in distant populations

    • C. Epplen
    • Eduardo J. M. Santos
    • Jörg T. Epplen

    Original investigation Pages: 399 - 406

22. Meiotic behaviour of sex chromosomes investigated by three-colour FISH on 35 142 sperm nuclei from two 47,XYY males

    • E. Chevret
    • S. Rousseaux
    • B. Sèle

    Rapid communication Pages: 407 - 412

23. Increased incidence of disomic sperm nuclei in a 47,XYY male assessed by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)

    • Joan Blanco
    • Carmen Rubio
    • F. Vidal

    Rapid communication Pages: 413 - 416

24. Suggestive evidence for linkage of schizophrenia to markers on chromosome 13 in Caucasian but not Oriental populations

    • M.-W. Lin
    • P. Sham
    • John F. Powell

    Rapid communication Pages: 417 - 420

25. Whither Down syndrome critical regions?

    • Burton L. Shapiro

    Rapid communication Pages: 421 - 423