Plant Cytogenetics

SECTION I Structure, Variation, and Mapping in Plant Cytogenetics

1. Plant Chromosomal Deletions, Insertions, and. Rearrangements
Donald L. Auger and William F. Sheridan
2. Genome Structure and Chromosome. Function
Khwaja G. Hossain and Shahryar F. Kianian
3. Plant B Chromosomes-what makes them different? 
Andreas Houben and Mariana Carchilan
4. Cytogenetic Mapping in Plants
Debbie M. Figueroa, Ina E. Amarillo, and Hank W. Bass
5. DNA and Chromatin Fiber-based Plant Cytogenetics
Jason G. Walling and Jiming Jiang

SECTION II Function, Organization, and Dynamics in Plant Cytogenetics

6. Plant Centromeres
James A. Birchler, Zhi Gao, and Fangpu Han
7. Plant Telomeres
Jonathan C. Lamb, Eugene V. Shakirov, and Dorothy E. Shippen
8. Genetics and Cytology of Meiotic Chromosome Behavior in Plants
Shaun P. Murphy and Hank W. Bass
9. Chromosomal Distribution and Functional Interpretation of Epigenetic Histone Marks in Plants
Jörg Fuchs and Ingo Schubert

SECTION III Methods, Informatics, and Instruction in Plant Cytogenetics

10. Chromosome microdissection and utilization of microisolated DNA
Andreas Houben
11. Maize Antibody Procedures:  Immunolocalization and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)
X. Li, C. N. Topp, and R. K. Dawe
12. Methods of Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization on Extended DNA Fibers (fiber-FISH) Jason G. Walling, Robert M. Stupar, and Jiming Jiang
13. Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization and in Situ PCR
 James A. Birchler and Tatiana V. Danilova
14. Plant Cytogenetics in Genome Databases
Lisa C. Harper, Taner Z. Sen, and Carolyn J. Lawrence
15. Practical Laboratory Exercises for Plant Molecular Cytogenetics
Scott A. Jackson, Shahryar F. Kianian, Khwaja G. Hossain, and Jason G. Walling

From the reviews: "Plant Cytogenetics: Genome Structure and Chromosome Function offers comprehensive reference pertaining to plant cytogenetics ... . This reference text is designed for use by the student, instructor, and researcher of cytogenetics, and thus includes both basic and detailed discussion of fundamental and applied cytogenetic topics. ... this book outlines many topics of interest to the cytogeneticist with specific examples and information tailored to those working with plants. There are numerous full-color figures throughout to illustrate complex concepts when warranted ... ." (Daniel Scholes, Cytometry Part A, 2012)

From the reviews:

"Plant Cytogenetics: Genome Structure and Chromosome Function offers comprehensive reference pertaining to plant cytogenetics ... . This reference text is designed for use by the student, instructor, and researcher of cytogenetics, and thus includes both basic and detailed discussion of fundamental and applied cytogenetic topics. ... this book outlines many topics of interest to the cytogeneticist with specific examples and information tailored to those working with plants. There are numerous full-color figures throughout to illustrate complex concepts when warranted ... ." (Daniel Scholes, Cytometry Part A, 2012)

"The book edited by Hank and Birchler provides a summary of state-of-the-art cytogenetic methods and techniques and reviews various topics of chromosome biology. ... this book brings together an excellent and current update of a range of topics dealing with plant chromosomes and chromatin. It can be recommended to researchers, teachers and students ingenetics and plant biology. The large reference section of each chapter is a useful resource to select primary literature for further reading." (Thomas Schmidt, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 169 (13), 2012)