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Animal Chromosomes
Hypercondensation; An Old Change of Conformation that is Still Somewhat Mysterious
8.2 Ferreira IA, Shimizu RD, Oliveira C, Foresti F & Martins C:
The Role of Repetitive DNA Sequences for the Comprehension of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Genome
8.3 Hurtado NS, Moran P & Pasantes JJ:
SC-FISH of Repeated Sequences in Three Species of Clams and Cockles
8.4 Lachowska-Cierlik D, Rosek M, Petitpierre E & Holecova M:
Heterochromatin Patterns on Chromosomes of Beetle Species (Insecta: Coleoptera). Present Stage of Knowledge
8.5 Perez-Garcia C, Moran P & Pasantes J:
Chromosomal Mapping of Core Histone Genes in Mussels
Centromeres
8.6 Mravinac B, Mestrovic N, Pezer Z, Plohl M & Ugarkovic D:
Conserved Satellite DNA Sequences in the Pericentromeric Heterochromatin of Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera, Insecta)
Histone H3 Modifications in the Centromeric Regions of Arabidopsis thaliana
8.8 Spence J, Alonso-Gonzalez L, Mills W, Carpenter A, Earnshaw W, Fukagawa T, Porter A & Farr C:
Topoisomerase II and the Vertebrate Centromere
Comparative Genomics / Chromosome Evolution
Genome Downsizing in Polyploid Plants
8.10 Leitch I, Soltis D, Soltis P & Bennett M:
Genome Size Evolution across Land Plants (Embryophyta)
8.11 Lysak MA, Koch M, Pecinka A & Schubert I:
Chromosome Triplications Indicate that the Tribe Brassiceae is Descended from a Hexaploid Ancestor: Evidence from Comparative Chromosome Painting
8.12 Matsubara K, Tsuchiya K & Matsuda Y:
Karyotypic Evolution of Hamster Species (Cricetinae, Muridae, Rodentia) Inferred from Comparative FISH Analyses
8.13 Mora L, Garcia M & Ponsa M:
Position Studies in Interphase Nuclei of Conserved Chromosomes from Different Primate Species
8.14 Murakami T, Umesono Y, Sanchez A, Umehara C, Matsuda Y & Agata K:
Comparative Cytogenetic Studies of Regeneration Organisms, Newt and Two Planarian Species
Comparative Cytogenetic Studies on Karyotypic Evolution in Birds
8.16 Ruiz-Herrera A, García F, Aguilera M, Garcia M & Ponsà M:
New Results in Platyrrhini Chromosome Evolution Based on Comparative Chromosome Painting: The Case of Aotus
Genome Organisation
8.17 Ceccarelli M, Minelli S, Sarri V & Gelati MT:
Characterization of Two Families of Tandem Repeated DNA Sequences in Potamogeton pectinatus L
Plant Chromosomes
8.18 Faridi N, Nelson CD & Kubisiak T:
Developing a Standard Karyotype for Loblolly Pine using FISH and AT-Rich Banding
8.19 Kolano B, Gardunia BR, Jellen EN, Stevens MR & Maluszynska J:
The Distribution of Repetitive DNA Sequences in Chenopodium Species
8.20 Schneeweiss H, Greilhuber J & Schneeweiss GM:
Chromosome and Genome Size Evolution in Holoparasitic Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) and Related Genera
8.21 Siroky J, Puizina J, Mokros P, Schweizer D & Riha K:
Mre11-deficient Arabidopsis Exhibit Aberrant Meiosis and Chromosomal Instability in Somatic Cells
Characterization of a Telomere end Binding Protein in Arabidopsis thaliana
Reproduction
Comparative Genomic Hybridisation Analysis of First Polar Bodies and Metaphase II Oocytes
8.24 Simons A, Mieloo H, van Erp F & Smeets D:
Complex Balanced Chromosomal Rearrangement Explains Reproductive Difficulties (Recurrent Abortions) in a Healthy Female: A Case Report
Telomeres
8.25 Alkhimova O, Dolezel J & Vershinin A:
Physical Mapping of the Terminal Regions of Individual Rye Chromosomes
8.26 Camats N, Ruiz-Herrera A, García F, Egozcue J & Garcia M:
Distribution of Intrachromosomal Telomeric Sequences (ITS) on Rattus norvegicus Chromosomes
Aneuploidy
8.27 Bouilly K, Leitão A, McCombie H, Chaves R, Guedes-Pinto H, Boudry P & Lapègue S:
Effects of the Herbicide Atrazine on Aneuploidy in Pacific Oysters, Crassostrea gigas
Aneuploidy Detection by FISH for Postnatal, Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) in India
8.29 Santos M, Hernando C, Escalona A, Carrera M, Rodríguez-Criado G & Fuster C:
Two de novo Partial Trisomies 9 p (p13-p24) Characterized by CGH in Two Unrelated Children
Gene Therapy
8.30 Spence JM, Mills WE & Farr CJ:
The Behaviour of Human X Centromere-based Minichromosomes in Human, Mouse and Chicken Cell Lines
Haematological Malignancy
Karyotyping and FISH in Haematological Malignancies in India
8.32 Nadal N, Flandrin P, Cornillon J, Deladesse E, Mauvieux L, Olaru D, Morel S & Campos L:
A Translocation t(5;12)(q33;p13.1) in a Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease without Eosinophilia
Meiosis
8.33 Blanco J, Sarrate Z, Anton E, Parriego M, Santalo J, Egozcue J & Vidal F:
Spermatocytes, Spermatozoa and Embryos: FISH Study of a Robertsonian Translocation t(13;14)(q10;q10)
8.34 Robles P, Garcia R, Roig I, Egozcue J & Garcia M:
Rec8 Distribution Throughout Meiotic Prophase I in Euploid and Aneuploid Human Oocytes
8.35 Roig I, Robles P, Garcia R, Egozcue J, Schertan H & Garcia M:
Homologue Chromosomes Pairing Process Analysis in 47,XX+18 Human Oocytes
8.36 Sarrate Z, Blanco J, Egozcue S, Vidal F & Egozcue J:
Meiotic Studies in OAT Patients using M-FISH
Population Cytogenetics
8.37 Bujdosó G, Sótonyi P, Bellovits O, Csonka E & Hadlaczky G:
Translocations of Chromosome 13 in the Course of Family Investigation
Sex Chromosomes
8.38 Fukova I, Vitkova M, Traut W, Kubickova S & Marec F:
Molecular Analysis of Microdissected W Chromosomes of the Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella
8.39 Hobza R, Lengerova M, Kejnovsky E, Siroky J, Macas J & Vyskot B:
The Structure and Evolution of Sex Chromosomes in Silene latifolia
8.40 Krasikova A, Saifitdinova A, Derjusheva S, Mizuno S & Gaginskaya E:
A Novel Structure Associated with the Chicken ZW Lampbrush Bivalent
8.41 Pichler S, Gregor T & Glover D:
Nuclear Spacing in the Syncytial Blastoderm of Drosophila melanogaster Embryos
8.42 Veble A, Writzl K, Zorn B & Peterlin B:
Cytogenetic and Molecular Characterization of an Isodicentric Y-chromosome in an Infertile Man
8.43 Vitkova M, Fukova I & Marec F:
Markers for Uncovering the Evolution of sex Chromosomes in Lepidoptera
Solid Tumours
8.44 Cirakoglu A, Tarkan-Argüden Y, Yilmaz S, Kuru D, Inan M, Uzan M, Ozyurt E & Hacihanefioglu S:
Cytogenetic and Molecular Cytogenetic Analyses in Brain Tumors
Selected posters