Now Available from Academic Press The Genome of Drosophila melanogaster Dan L. Lindsley and Georgianna G. Zimm University of California, San Diego The Genome of Drosophila melanogaster is the hardcopy compendium of what is known about the genes and chromosomes of this widely used organism. This volume is an up-to-date revision of Lindsley and Grell's 1968 work, Genetic Variations of Drosophila melanogaster. The new edition, available from Academic Press, contains complete descriptions of normal and mutant genes including phenotypic, cytological, molecular, and bibliographic information. The handbook and its accompanying polytene chromosome maps, which are sturdily bound into the book as foldouts and also available as a separate set collected in a handy map packet, are essential research tools for the Drosophila community. Drosophila melanogaster Chromosome Maps 1. Photographic maps of the polytene X chromosome and chromosome 4, tied to Bridges' (1935, J. Hered, 26: 60-64) drawings. 2. Photographic maps of polytene chromosomes 2L and 2R, tied to Bridges' (1935, J. Hered. 26: 60-64) drawings. 3. Photographic maps of polytene chromosomes 3L and 3R, tied to Bridges' (1935, J. Hered. 26: 60-64) drawings. 4. Detailed polytene map of the X chromosome prepared by C.B. Bridges (1938, J. Hered. 29: 11-13). 5. Detailed polytene map of the left arm of chromosome 2 prepared by P.N. Bridges (1942, J. Hered. 33: 403-08). 6. Detailed polytene map of the right are of chromosome 2 prepared by C.B. Bridges and P.N. Bridges (1939, J. Hered. 30: 475-76). 7. Detailed polytene map of the left arm of chromosome 3 prepared by P.N. Bridges (1941, H. Hered. 32: 64-65). 8. Detailed polytene map of the right arm of chromosome 3 prepared by P.N. Bridges (1941, J. Hered. 32: 299-300). February 1992, 1, 133 pp., $85.00 Book with Maps/ISBN: 0-12-450990-8 Map Packet Only: $19.95/ISBN: 0-12-450991-6 To order: Call Toll Free 1-800-321-5068 or Fax 1-800-336-7377. Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 7:00 pm, Eastern Time. Customers outside the US and Canada, please contact your nearest Academic Press office: AP - ACADEMIC PRESS - A Division of Harcourt Brace & Company Academic Press Book Marketing Department 1250 Sixth Avenue San Diego, CA 92101-4311 Harcourt Brace & Company Australia Locked Bag 16, Marrickville NSW 2204 Australia Academic Press Limited 24-28 Oval Road London NW1 7DX United Kingdom Harcourt Brace & Company Japan Ichibancho Central Bldg. Ichibancho Chiyodu-ku Tokyo 102 Japan Harcourt Brace & Company International Orlando, FL 32887