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Contents

Volume 296 (1993)

Special Issue

Female Germ Cells: Biology and Genetic Risk

edited by Vicki L. Dellarco and Michael D. Shelby

Editorial introduction V.L. Dellarco and M.D. Shelby (U.S.A.)

Gene expression during oogenesis in mice P.M. Wassarman and R.A. Kinloch (USA)

Gene expression in pre-implantation mammalian embryos G.A. Schultz and S. Heyner (Canada, USA)

Spatial distribution of sperm-derived chromatin in zygotes determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization B.F. Brandriff and L.A. Gordon (USA)

Chromatin remodeling in mammalian zygotes S.D. Perreault (USA)

Cytoplasmic microtubular dynamics and chromatin organization during mammalian oogenesis and oocyte maturation D.F. Albertini (USA)

Maternal age effect: The enigma of Down syndrome and other trisomic conditions M.E. Gaulden (USA)

Organization of the ovarian follicle and events in its biology: oogenesis, ovulation or atresia T.M. Crisp (USA)

Frequency and nature of specific-locus mutations induced in female mice by radiations and chemicals: a review L.B. Russell and W.L. Russell (USA)

ENU mutagenesis in the mouse electrophoretic specific-locus test 2. Mutational studies of mature oocytes S.E. Lewis, L.B. Barnett and M.D. Shelby (USA)

Radiation- and chemically-induced chromosome aberrations in mouse oocytes: A comparison with effects in males C. Tease (UK)

Bleomycin: female-specific dominant lethal effects in mice P.D. Sudman, J.C. Rutledge, J.B. Bishop and W.M. Generoso (USA)

Mutational risks in females: genomic imprinting and maternal molecules G.N. Wilson (USA)

Developmental anomalies derived from exposure of zygotes and first-cleavage embryos to mutagens J.C. Rutledge, W.M. Generoso, A. Shourbaji, K.T. Cain, M. Gans and J. Oliva (USA)

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Announcement

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Reviews A review of the dose-response induction of DNA adducts by aflatoxin B a and its implications to quantitative

cancer-risk assessment W.N. Choy (USA)

The genetic toxicology of paracetamol and aspirin: a review A.K. Giri (India)

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ICPEMC - - International Commission for Protection Against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens Intrauterine growth retardation as a potential endpoint in mutation epidemiology

A.E. Czeizel (Hungary) Power frequency electric and magnetic fields: A review of genetic toxicology

J.C. Murphy, D.A. Kaden, J. Warren and A. Sivak (USA)

Reviews The genetic toxicology of putative nongenotoxic carcinogens

M.A. Jackson, H.F. Stack and M.D. Waters (USA) The genetic toxicology of 6-mercaptopurine

P. Mosesso and F. Palitti (Italy)

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