Front Cover; Advances in Genetics, Volume I; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume I; Editor's Preface; Chapter 1. Cytogenetics and Breeding of Forage Crops; I. Introduction; II. Breeding Methods with Forage Plants; III. Bluegrasses; IV. Timothy; V. Orchard Grass; VI. Brome Grasses; VII. Ryegrasses and Fescues; VIII. Southern Grasses; IX. Prairie Grasses; X. Sudan Grass; XI. Miscellaneous Grasses; XII. Alfalfa; XIII. Red Clover; XIV. White Clover; XV. Sweet Clover; XVI. Miscellaneous Legumes; XVII. Summary; XVIII. References; Chapter 2. Cytogenetics and Speciation in Crepis.

I. SpeciationII. The Genus Crepis; III. The Genetic Processes of Speciation in Crepis; IV. Summary; V. References; Chapter 3. Speciation in Fishes Distribution in Time and Space of Seven Dominant Multiple Alleles in Platypoecilus maculatus; I. Introduction; II. Material and Methods; III. Genetic Analysis; IV. Gene Frequency Distributions; V. Geographical Variation; VI. Gene Frequency Distribution in Time; VII. Sexual Isolation in the Platyfish and Swordtail; VIII. Polymorphism; IX. Levels of Speciation; X. Summary; XI. References; Chapter 4. Immunogenetics; I. Introductory Remarks.

II. Antigens of Human Cells and Related PhenomenaIII. Species Relationships; IV. Cellular Antigens in Cattle; V. General Remarks; VI. References; Chapter 5. The Origin and Evolution of Maize; I. Methods of Investigating Cultivated Plant Origins; II. Previous and Present Hypotheses on the Origin of Maize; III. The Relatives of Maize; IV. Chromosome Numbers in the Maydeae; V. Crossing Relationships in the Maydeae; VI. Cytogenetics of Maize-Tripsacum Hybrids; VII. Cytogenetics of Maize-Teosinte Hybrids; VIII. What Is Teosinte?; IX. Teosinte as the Possible Progenitor of Maize.

X. Pod Corn as the Progenitor of Cultivated MaizeXI. The Probable Nature of Wild Maize; XII. The Evolution of Maize Under Domestication; XIII. The Place and Time of Origin; XIV. References; Chapter 6. The Genetics of Cattle; I. Introduction; II. Chromosome Number; III. Color Inheritance; IV. Horn Inheritance; V. Inheritance of Lethal, Sublethal, Deleterious and Undesirable Factors; VI. Inheritance of Dairy and Beef Qualities; VII. Other Characters; VIII. Inheritance in Species Crosses; IX. Inbreeding; X. Crossbreeding and Grading; XI. Vitality; XII. References.

Chapter 7. Recent Advances in the Genetics of Paramecium and EuplotesI. Introduction; II. Paramecium aurelia; III. Paramecium bursaria; IV. Paramecium caudatum; V. Other Species of Paramecium; VI. Euplotes patella; VII. Concluding Comments; VIII. References; Chapter 8. Mutations in Wild Populations in Drosophila; I. Introduction; II. Kinds of Mutations; III. Methods of Analysis for Visibles; IV. Methods of Analysis for Lethals; V. Studies on Mutations in Wild Drosophila Populations; VI. Populations of the Subgenus Sophophora; VII. Populations of the Subgenus Drosophila.