1. Nuclear DNA changes within Helianthus annuus L.: variations in the amount and methylation of repetitive DNA within homozygous progenies

   • A. Cavallini
   • L. Natali
   • P. G. Cionini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 291

2. Assignment of RFLP linkage groups to their respective chromosomes in aneuploids of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)

   • Y. Suyama
   • Y. Mukai
   • T. Kondo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 292 - 296

3. Flow cytometric and Feulgen densitometric analysis of genome size variation in Pisum

   • M. Baranyi
   • J. Greilhuber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 307

4. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in Lolium perenne L. 2. The mitochondrial genome of a CMS line is rearranged and contains a chimaeric atp 9 gene

   • A-S. Kiang
   • T. A. Kavanagh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 308 - 315

5. Intergeneric transfer of a partial genome and direct production of monosomic addition plants by microprotoplast fusion

   • K. S. Ramulu
   • P. Dijkhuis
   • H. A. Verhoeven

   OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 325

6. Abundance and length polymorphism of microsatellite repeats in Beta vulgaris L.

   • M. Mörchen
   • J. Cuguen
   • P. Saumitou-Laprade

   OriginalPaper Pages: 326 - 333

7. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers in hop, Humulus lupulus: level of genetic variability and segregation in F₁ progeny

   • M. Pillay
   • S. T. Kenny

   OriginalPaper Pages: 334 - 339

8. Genetic characterization of storage proteins in a set of F₁-derived haploid lines in bread wheat

   • I. Felix
   • J. P. Martinant
   • G. Branlard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 340 - 346

9. Relationship between inbreeding depression and inbreeding coefficient in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster)

   • C. E. Durel
   • P. Bertin
   • A. Kremer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 356

10. Inheritance of resistance to the bean-pod weevil (Apion godmani Wagner) in common beans from Mexico

    • R. Garza
    • C. Cardona
    • S. P. Singh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 362

11. Higher recombination frequencies in female compared to male meisoses in Brassica oleracea

    • M. J. Kearsey
    • L. D. Ramsay
    • D. F. Marshall

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 367

12. Evaluation of agronomic traits and analysis of exotic germ plasm polymorphism in adapted x exotic maize crosses

    • B. Gouesnard
    • J. Sanou
    • A. Boyat

    OriginalPaper Pages: 368 - 374

13. Phylogenetic relationships of Thlaspi s.l. (subtribe Thlaspidinae, Lepidieae) and allied genera based on chloroplast DNA restriction-site variation

    • K. Zunk
    • K. Mummenhoff
    • H. Hurka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 381

14. The genetics of adult-plant blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) resistance from Brassica juncea in B. napus

    • E. C. K. Pang
    • G. M. Halloran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 382 - 387

15. Registration of S alleles in Brassica campestris L by the restriction fragment sizes of SLGs

    • T. Nishio
    • M. Kusaba
    • K. Hinata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 388 - 394

16. Mapping quantitative trait loci for seedling vigor in rice using RFLPs

    • E. D. Redoña
    • D. J. Mackill

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 402

17. Analysis of somatic hybrids between two sterile dihaploid Solanum tuberosum L. breeding lines. Restoration of fertility and complementation of G. pallida Pa2 and Pa3 resistance

    • J. O. Rasmussen
    • J. P. Nepper
    • O. S. Rasmussen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 410

18. Karyotyping of three Pinaceae species via fluorescent in situ hybridization and computer-aided chromosome analysis

    • O. Lubaretz
    • J. Fuchs
    • I. Schubert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 416

19. Interspecific crosses of onion with distant Allium species and characterization of the presumed hybrids by means of flow cytometry, karyotype analysis and genomic in situ hybridization

    • E. R. J. Keller
    • I. Schubert
    • A. Meister

    OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 424

20. Characterization of the Citrus genome through analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms

    • P.-C. Liou
    • F. G. Gmitter Jr.
    • G. A. Moore

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 435

21. Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity in two tropical pines: Pinus kesiya (Royle ex Gordon) and P. merkusii (Jungh et De Vriese)

    • A. E. Szmidt
    • X.-R. Wang
    • S. Changtragoon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 436 - 441

22. PCR analysis of oilseed rape cultivars (Brassica napus L. ssp. oleifera) using 5′ -anchored simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers

    • Y. M. Charters
    • A. Robertson
    • G. Ramsay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 442 - 447

23. Mapping of the K⁺/Na⁺ discrimination locus Kna1 in wheat

    • J. Dubcovsky
    • G. Santa María
    • Jan Dvořák

    OriginalPaper Pages: 448 - 454

24. Production and identification of somatic hybrids between Solanum tuberosum and S. papita by using the rolC gene as a morphological selectable marker

    • C. Kaendler
    • M. Fladung
    • H. Uhrig

    OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 462

25. Mapping of QTLs involved in nematode resistance, tuber yield and root development in Solanum sp.

    • C. M. Kreike
    • A. A. Kok-Westeneng
    • W. J. Stiekema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 470

26. Growth performance of hybrid families by crossing selfed lines of Betula pendula Roth

    • T. L. Wang
    • R. Hagqvist
    • P. M. A. Tigerstedt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 476

27. Model fitting and model testing in the method of joint mapping of quantitative trait loci

    • Wei-Ren Wu
    • Wei-Ming Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 477 - 482

28. Estimation of additive genetic variance in commercial layer poultry and simulated populations under selection

    • M. G. Jeyaruban
    • J. P. Gibson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 491

29. Inheritance of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) RAPD markers in a backcross progeny with Brassica campestris

    • T. R. Mikkelsen
    • J. Jensen
    • R. B. Jørgensen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 492 - 497

30. Errata

    Erratum Pages: 498 - 498