Contents Russian Journal of Genetics Vol. 50, No. 1, 2014

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Genetics ISSN 1022-7954.

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Genetics of Microorganisms

Sin3 Histone Deacetylase Controls Level of Spontaneous and UV-induced Mutagenesis
in Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

I. Yu. Lebovka, T. N. Kozhina, I. V. Fedorova, V. T. Peshekhonov,
T. A. Evstyukhina, A. Yu. Chernenkov, and V. G. Korolev p. 1  abstract

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Plant Genetics

Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Abies (Pinaceae) Based
on the Nucleotide Sequence of Chloroplast DNA

S. A. Semerikova and V. L. Semerikov p. 7  abstract

Cellulose Synthase Genes That Control the Fiber Formation of Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

D. V. Galinousky, N. V. Anisimova, A. P. Raiski,
V. N. Leontiev, V. V. Titok, L. V. Khotyleva p. 20  abstract

Genetic Potential of Local Endemic Forms of the Pea (Pisum sativum L.)
on the Basis of Nitrogen Fixation and Productivity

K. K. Sidorova, V. K. Shumny, M. N. Glyanenko,
E. Yu. Vlasova, and T. M. Mischenko p. 28  abstract

The Creation of Transgenic Tobacco Plants Expressing Fragments of the ARGOS
and NtEXPA4 Genes in Antisense Orientation

B. R. Kuluev, A. V. Knyazev, B. N. Postrigan, and A. V. Chemeris p. 37  abstract

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Animal Genetics

Population Genetic Differentiation of White-Spotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas)
in Russian Far East

E. A. Salmenkova, V. T. Omelchenko, G. A. Rubtsova, K. I. Afanas’ev,
N. S. Romanov, and M. Yu. Kovalev p. 45  abstract

Chemosignals from Isolated Females Have Antimutagenic Effect in Dividing
the Cells of Bone Marrow from Male Mice of the CBA Strain

E. V. Daev, T. S. Glinin, and A. V. Dukelskaya p. 55  abstract

Genetic Components and the Uncertainty of the Phenotypic Realization of the Mass
of Newborns in Domestic Pigs Sus scrofa L.

S. V. Nikitin, S. P. Knyazev, and V. I. Yermolaev p. 61  abstract

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Human Genetics

Natural Selection Associated with Color Vision Defects in Some Population Groups of Eurasia

A. N. Evsyukov p. 71  abstract

The Load and Diversity of Hereditary Diseases in Four Raions of Rostov Oblast

S. S. Amelina, N. V. Vetrova, M. A. Amelina, E. V. Degtereva, T. I. Ponomareva,
G. I. Elchinova, L. K. Michailova, and R. A. Zinchenko p. 82  abstract

Risk of Genetic Transformation of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells In Vitro

V. A. Nikitina and A. I. Chausheva p.91 abstract

Comparative Transcriptome Pairwise Analysis of Spontaneously Transformed
Multipotent Stromal Cells from Human Adipose Tissue

D. O. Omelchenko, A. A. Rzhaninova, and D. V. Goldshtein p. 96  abstract

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Short Communications

Isolation and Characterization of Eighteen Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci
in Schizopygopsis younghusbandi Regan and Cross-Amplification
in Three Other Schizothoracinae Species
S. S. Guo, G. R. Zhang, X. Z. Guo, K. J. Wei, W. Ji, and Q. W. Wei p.105 abstract