Structure and Function of Eukaryotic Chromosomes

Lampbrush Chromosomes as Seen in Historical Perspective.- Polytene Chromosomes.- Giant Chromosomes in Ciliates.- The sp-I Genes in the Balbiani Rings of Chironomus Salivary Glands.- The white Locus of Drosophila melanogaster.- The Genetic and Molecular Organization of the Dense Cluster of Functionally Related, Vital Genes in the DOPA Decarboxylase Region of the Drosophila melanogaster Genome.- Heat Shock: Puffs and Response to Environmental Stress.- The Y Chromosomal Lampbrush Loops of Drosophila.- Contributions of Electron Microscopic Spreading Preparations (“Miller Spreads”) to the Analysis of Chromosome Structure.- Replication of DNA in Eukaryotic Chromosomes.- Gene Amplification in Dipteran Chromosomes.- The Significance of Plant Transposable Elements in Biological Processes.- Arrangement of Chromosomes in Interphase Cell Nuclei.- Heterochromatin and the Phenomenon of Chromosome Banding.- Multiple Nonhistonel Protein-DNA Complexes in Chromatin Regulate the Cell- and Stage-Specific Activity of an Eukaryotic Gene.- Genetics of Sex Determination in Eukaryotes.- Applications of Basic Chromosome Research in Biotechnology and Medicine.- Closing Remarks.