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Contents

Part I. Prof. H. Kihara's life
Hitoshi Kihara: The Golden Foundation G. Kimber
Prof. H. Kihara's contribution to plant genetics K.Tsunewaki

Part II. Genome Structure
Molecular cytogenetics: an integrated approach for evolutionary, structural and functional analysis of plant chromosome B. S. Gill
Deletion stocks as the basic material for molecular cytogenetics T.R. Endo
Molecular-cytogenetic analysis of plant chromosomes by in situ hybridization Y.Mukai
Molecular cytogenetics and the wheat genome J. S. Heslop-Harrison and T. Schwarzacher
High resolution of genetic map of rice and the conserved colinearity between rice and wheat genomes N. Kurata et al.
The North American barley genome map on the cross HT and its comparison to the map on the cross SM K.J. Kasha et al.
Localization of genes and marker sequences on the isolated and fractionated plant chromosomes I. Schubert et al.
Molecular genetic analysis of rice bacterial blight resistance locus, Xa21 P. C. Ronald et al.

Part III. Genome Evolution
Detection of homoeologous chromosome pairing in interspecific diploid hybridization among wild wheat relatives S. Ohta
Genomic relationships and phylogeny in wheat obtained by RFLP analysis of nuclear DNA. K.Tsunewaki and H. Nakamura
The hybrid origin hypothesis of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) explains some of the gaps in its RFLP maps and suggests an efficient mapping population for useful genes and QTLs G. Second et al.

Part IV. Plastome Structure and Evolution
Replication slippage as a molecular mechanism for evolutionary variation in chloroplast DNA due to deletions and insertions B. B. Sears et al.
Chloroplast gene organization and pylogenetic relationships in green algae M.Turmel et al.
Structure and evolution of the chloroplast genomes in seedless land plants L. A. Raubenson et al.
Chloroplast genome evolution in conifers V.D. Hipkins and S. H. Strauss
Structure and evolution of chloroplast DNA in monocots Y. Ogihara

This book that is 190 pages plus 16 extra pages In length, Including 4 color plates, may be recommended for researchers, teachers in higher educational institutions, graduate students, having a special interest in recent advances in plant genetics and evolution. Also recommended are libraries of universities and plant research institutions.

Copies of this books are distributed by the followings:
Kozo Nishikawa, Director, Kihara Memorial Foundation
641-12 Maoika-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244, Japan
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