Table of Contents

1 Introductory Remarks to Brassicas and Legumes: From Genome Structure to Breeding.- 2 Genome Analysis of a Flowering Plant, Arabidopsis thaliana.- 3 The Sequence of the Arabidopsis Genome as a Tool for Comparative Structural Genomics in Brassicaceae.- 4 Application of Molecular Markers in Brassica Coenospecies: Comparative Mapping and Tagging.- 5 The Molecular Genetic Basis of Flowering Time Variation in Brassica Species.- 6 Quantitative Trait Loci for Clubroot Resistance in Brassica oleracea.- 7 Structural Differences of S Locus Between Brassica oleracea and Brassica rapa.- 8 Brassica and Legume Chromosomes.- 9 Sequence Analysis of the Lotus japonicus Genome.- 10 Introduction of an Early Flowering Accession “Miyakojima” MG-20 to Molecular Genetics in Lotus japonicus.- 11 Genetic Linkage Map of the Model Legume Lotus japonicus.- 12 Construction of High-Density Map, Genome Library, and Saturation Mapping of Nodulation Genes.- 13 Genome Analysis of Mesorhizobium loti: a Symbiotic Partner to Lotus japonicus.- 14 Molecular Linkage Map of the Model Legume Medicago truncatula Gaertn..- 15 Genetic Mapping of Seed and Nodule Protein Markers in Diploid Alfalfa (Medicago sativa).- 16 Mapping the Chickpea (C. arietinum L.) Genome: Localization of Fungal Resistance Genes in Interspecific Crosses.