Contents Russian Journal of Genetics Vol. 50, No. 8, 2014

Contents
Russian Journal of Genetics

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Vol. 50, No. 8, 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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Reviews and Theoretical Articles

The Virulence Factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Genetic Control, New Conceptions

A. A. Prozorov, I. A. Fedorova, O. B. Bekker, and V. N. Danilenko p. 775  abstract

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Molecular Genetics

Inheritable Changes in miRNAs Expression in HeLa Cells after X-ray and Mitomycin C Treatment

V. A. Tarasov, D. G. Matishov, E. F. Shin, N. V. Boyko, N. N. Timoshkina,
M. A. Makhotkin, A. M. Lomonosov, and A. A. Kirpiy p. 798  abstract

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Plant genetics

Estradiol Inducible and Flower-Specific Expression of ARGOS and ARGOS-LIKE
Genes in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

B. R. Kuluev, A. V. Knyazev, Yu. M. Nikonorov, and A. V. Chemeris p. 807  abstract

Mitotic Behavior of Centromeres in Meiosis as the Fertility Restoration Mechanism
in Wheat-Rye Amphihaploids

D. B. Loginova and O. G. Silkova p. 818  abstract

Phylogenetic Relationships of Salix L. subg. Salix Species (Salicaceae) according to Sequencing
Data of Intergenic Spacers of the Chloroplast Genome and ITS rDNA

V. Yu. Barkalov and M. M. Kozyrenko p. 828  abstract

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Animal genetics

Allozyme Variability and the Population Genetic Structure of the Mice Apodemus agrarius,
Mus musculus, and Sylvaemus uralensis (Rodenita, Muridae) in Western Siberia

O. N. Zhigileva p. 838  abstract

The Effects of Prolonged Selection for Behavior on the Stress Response and Activity
of the Reproductive System of Male Grey Mice (Rattus norvegicus)

L. A. Prasolova, Yu. E. Gerbek, R. G. Gulevich, S. G. Shikhevich, M. Yu. Konoshenko,
R. V. Kozhemyakina, I. N. Oskina^†, and I. Z. Plyusnina^† p. 846  abstract

The Evolution of Microsatellite Loci in Salmonid Fishes

E. G. Shaikhaev and L. A. Zhivotovsky p. 853  abstract

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Human Genetics

The Polymorphism of DNA Repair Genes XPD, XRCC1, OGG1, and ERCC6,
Life Expectancy, and the Inclination to Smoke

O. P. Romanyuk, N. V. Nikitchenko, N. V. Savina,
T. D. Kuzhir, and R. I. Goncharova p.860  abstract

Somatic Genome Variations in Vascular Tissues and Peripheral Blood Leukocytes
in Patients with Atherosclerosis

A. A. Sleptsov, M. S. Nazarenko, I. N. Lebedev, N. A. Skryabin, A. V. Frolov,
V. A. Popov, O. L. Barbarash, L. S. Barbarash, and V. P. Puzyrev p. 870  abstract

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Mathematical Models and Methods

Modelling of Selection Acting upon the Pleioptropic Locus in a Population with Two Age Classes
O. L. Zhdanova and E. Ya. Frisman p.879  abstract