Genome and Chromatin: Organization, Evolution, Function

Introductory Lecture.- Search for the Molecular Basis of Diversification in Phylogenesis and Ontogenesis.- Genome Organization and Evolution.- DNA Reassociation Studies and Considerations on the Genome Organization and Evolution of Higher Plants.- Genome Size and Phenotypic Evolution in Microseris (Asteraceae, Cichorieae).- Repetitive DNA in Primitive Angiosperms.- Restriction Mapping of Ribosomal RNA Genes of Higher Plants.- Differential DNA Replication.- Cytophotometric Measurements of DNA in Salivary Gland Nuclei of Drosophila melanogaster.- Qualitative Differences in the DNA of Some Higher Plants, and Aspects of Selective DNA Replication During Differentiation.- Differential DNA Replication Involved in Transition From Juvenile to Adult Phase in Hedera helix (Araliaceae).- Extra-DNA During Floral Induction ?.- Different DNA Content, Chromatin Condensation, and Transcription Activity in Retina Cell Nuclei of the Guinea-Pig.- Gene Numbers and Transcription.- Gene Number Estimates in Plant Tissues and Cells.- DNA Sequence Representation in RNA of the Higher Plant Petroselinum crispum.- Transcriptional Activity in Seedlings of Matthiola incana (Brassicaceae) Determined by DNA-RNA Hybridisation.- Synthesis and Release of RNA by Isolated Nuclei of Plant Cells in Relation to Nucleoside Triphosphates and Divalent Cations.- Does a Compensational Mechanism Exist Among the Nucleolus Organizing Regions (NORs) ?.- Chromatin Structure.- Nucleosomal Organization in Active and Inactive Plant Chromatin.- Analysis of Accessible Sites in Modified Nucleosomes.- Types of Chromatin Organization in Plant Nuclei.- Chromatin Organization and Repetitive DNA in Anacyclus and Anthemis (Asteraceae).- Condensed Interphase Chromatin in Plant and Animal Cell Nuclei: Fundamental Differences.- Nucleotype and Heterochromatin.- Evolutionary Changes of DNA and Heterochromatin Amounts in the Scilla bifolia Group (Liliaceae).- Index to Methods, Subjects, and Taxa.