Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-273) and index
Ch. 1. Why study chromosomes? -- Ch. 2. Mitosis, meiosis and the cell cycle -- Ch. 3. DNA, the genetic code -- Ch. 4. Assembly of chromatin -- Ch. 5. The chromosomes in interphase -- Ch. 6. Structure of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes -- Ch. 7. Constitutive heterochromatin -- Ch. 8. Sex chromosomes and sex determination -- Ch. 9. Imprinting -- Ch. 10. Euchromatin and the longitudinal differentiation of chromosomes -- Ch. 11. The nucleolus and the nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) -- Ch. 12. Centromeres, kinetochores and the segregation of chromosomes -- Ch. 13. Telomeres -- Ch. 14. Lampbrush chromosomes -- Ch. 15. Polytene chromosomes -- Ch. 16. Chromosomes, the karyotype and evolution -- Ch. 17. Chromosomes and disease -- Ch. 18. Chromosome engineering and artificial chromosomes