1. SPECIAL SECTION: Dosage compensation, epigenetic mechanisms, and mapping disease loci

   Announcement 11 June 2018 Pages: 355 - 356

2. Transcriptional modulation of entire chromosomes: dosage compensation

   • John C. Lucchesi

   Review Article 11 May 2018 Pages: 357 - 364

3. Dosage effects in morphogenetic gradients of transcription factors: insights from a simple mathematical model

   • Reiner A. Veitia

   Perspectives 04 May 2018 Pages: 365 - 370

   

4. Epigenetics with special reference to the human X chromosome inactivation and the enigma of Drosophila DNA methylation

   • Deepti Deobagkar

   Review Article 05 June 2018 Pages: 371 - 378

   

5. In praise of mealybugs

   • Vani Brahmachari
   • Surbhi Kohli
   • Parul Gulati

   Review Article 30 April 2018 Pages: 379 - 389

   

6. A genetic locus for sensory epilepsy precipitated by contact with hot water maps to chromosome 9p24.3-p23

   • Kalpita R. Karan
   • Parthasarthy Satishchandra
   • Anuranjan Anand

   Research Article 06 June 2018 Pages: 391 - 398

   

7. Cytological multimarker screening using BMCyt test in waterpipe smokers: an integrative study of cell damage, toxicological and cancer risk

   • Maruhen A. D. Silveira
   • Alan S. Antonelli
   • Luciana P. G. d’Arce

   Research Article 03 May 2018 Pages: 399 - 404

   

8. Study of the association of forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) gene polymorphisms with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortions in Indian population

   • Shivani Mishra
   • Anukool Srivastava
   • Shubha R. Phadke

   Research Article 12 April 2018 Pages: 405 - 410

9. Novel TBX22 mutations in Chinese nonsyndromic cleft lip/palate families

   • Jiewen Dai
   • Chen Xu
   • Yusheng Yang

   Research Article 06 June 2018 Pages: 411 - 417

   

10. Molecular genetic diagnostics of tuberous sclerosis complex in Bulgaria: six novel mutations in the TSC1 and TSC2 genes

    • M. Glushkova
    • V. Bojinova
    • A. Todorova

    Research Article 30 April 2018 Pages: 419 - 427

    

11. Genetic relatedness does not predict the queen’s successors in the primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia marginata

    • Saikat Chakraborty
    • Shantanu P. Shukla
    • Raghavendra Gadagkar

    Research Article 06 June 2018 Pages: 429 - 438

    

12. Evolutionary, interaction and expression analysis of floral meristem identity genes in inflorescence induction of the second crop in two-crop-a-year grape culture system

    • Rongrong Guo
    • Bo Wang
    • Xianjin Bai

    Research Article 19 May 2018 Pages: 439 - 451

    

13. Biodiversity and selection for scrapie resistance in sheep: genetic polymorphism in eight breeds of Algeria

    • Amal Djaout
    • BARBARA CHIAPPINI
    • GABRIELE VACCARI

    Research Article 23 May 2018 Pages: 453 - 461

    

14. RNAi-mediated SLC7A11 knockdown inhibits melanogenesis-related genes expression in rabbit skin fibroblasts

    • Naisu Yang
    • Lin Mu
    • Xinsheng Wu

    Research Article 07 June 2018 Pages: 463 - 468

    

15. Loss of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain results in the bladder and stomach developing lesion during foetal development in mice

    • Meijuan Li
    • Shili Li
    • Kemian Gou

    Research Article 25 May 2018 Pages: 469 - 476

    

16. A multiple regression method for genomewide association studies using only linkage information

    • Bujun Mei
    • Zhihua Wang

    Research Article 07 June 2018 Pages: 477 - 482

    

17. Genetic diversity of Cahi DRB and DQB genes of caprine MHC class II in Sirohi goat

    • G. R. Gowane
    • Najif Akram
    • Arun Kumar

    Research Article 31 May 2018 Pages: 483 - 492

    

18. A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting average daily gain and Kleiber ratio in Baluchi Sheep

    • Majid Pasandideh
    • Ghodrat Rahimi-Mianji
    • Mohsen Gholizadeh

    Research Article 02 June 2018 Pages: 493 - 503

    

19. A study on the genotype frequency of \(-158~\hbox {G}\gamma \) (\(\hbox {C}{\rightarrow }\hbox {T}\)) Xmn1 polymorphism in a sickle cell trait cohort from Siwa Oasis, Egypt

    • Pacint Moez
    • Reham Moftah
    • Hayam A. Mahmoud

    Research Article 07 June 2018 Pages: 505 - 511

    

20. Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm using simple sequence repeats

    • Mulugeta Seyoum
    • Xiong Ming Du
    • Jun Ling Sun

    Research Article 09 June 2018 Pages: 513 - 522

    

21. Meta-analysis of genetic polymorphisms in xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes and their association with breast cancer risk

    • Tajamul Hussain
    • Salman Alrokayan
    • Shaik Mohammad Naushad

    Research Article 12 June 2018 Pages: 523 - 537

    

22. Molecular characterization of a stress-induced NAC gene, GhSNAC3, from Gossypium hirsutum

    • Zhan-Ji Liu
    • Fei Li
    • Ming-Chuan Fu

    Research Article 02 June 2018 Pages: 539 - 548

    

23. Rapid isolation and characterization of microsatellites in the critically endangered mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci)

    • Fraser J. Combe
    • Evelyn Taylor-Cox
    • W. Edwin Harris

    Research Note 04 May 2018 Pages: 549 - 553

24. Aniridia due to a novel microdeletion affecting \(\textit{PAX6}\) regulatory enhancers: case report and review of the literature

    • Andreas Syrimis
    • Nayia Nicolaou
    • George A. Tanteles

    Research Note 25 May 2018 Pages: 555 - 562

    

25. Parentage identification of Odontobutis potamophlia based on microsatellite DNA markers

    • Peipei Wang
    • Cheng Zhao
    • Guoqin Zhou

    Research Note 25 May 2018 Pages: 563 - 568

    

26. An improved microsatellite panel to assess genetic variability of the Italian smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis)

    • Vincenzo Buono
    • Giorgia Galliani
    • Leonardo Vignoli

    Research Note 02 June 2018 Pages: 569 - 573

    

27. Distribution of DTHS3 satellite DNA across 12 bivalve species

    • Eva Šatović
    • Miroslav Plohl

    Research Note 19 May 2018 Pages: 575 - 580

    

28. Sex-biased transgenerational effect of maternal stress on neurodevelopment and cognitive functions

    • Piyali Misra
    • Subramaniam Ganesh

    Research Commentary 25 April 2018 Pages: 581 - 583

29. Author Correction: Double trisomy (XXX+21 karyotype) in a six-year-old girl with down phenotype

    • Laura Daniela Vergara-Mendez
    • Claudia Talero-Gutiérrez
    • Alberto Velez-Van-Meerbeke

    Author Correction 06 June 2018 Pages: 585 - 585