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Preface vii -- Introduction ix -- The Biogenesis of Mitochondria in HeLa Cells : A Molecular and Cellular Study 3 GIUSEPPE ATTARDI, PAOLO COSTANTINO, JAMES ENGLAND, DENNIS LYNCH, WILLIAM MURPHY, DEANNA OJALA, JAMES POSAKONY and BRIAN STORRIE -- Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Fungi 66 HENRY R. MAHLER, ROBERTO N. BASTOS, URS FLURY, CHI CHUNG LIN and SEM H. PHAN -- Utilization of Mutations in the Analysis of Yeast Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation 117 DAVID E. GRIFFITHS -- Cytoplasmic Petite Mutants in Yeast : A Model for the Study of Reiterated Genetic Sequences 136 PHILIP S. PERLMAN -- Mitochondrial Genetics in Fungi and Ciliates 182 C. WILLIAM BIRKY, JR. -- Regulation of Chloroplast Membrane Synthesis 225 J. KENNETH HOOBER and W. J. STEGEMAN -- Patterns of Inheritance of Organelle Genomes : Molecular Basis and Evolutionary Signficance 252 RUTH SAGER -- Genetics of Variegated Plants 268 R. A. E. TILNEY-BASSETT -- Evolution of Ferredoxin and Fraction I Protein in the Genus Nicotiana 309 S. G. WILDMAN, K. CHEN, J. C. GRAY, S. D. RUNG, P. KWANYUEN and K. SAKANO -- An Episomal Basis for Instability of S Male Sterility in Maize and Some Implications for Plant Breeding 330 JOHN R. LAUGHNAN and SUSAN J. GABAY -- Concluding Remarks 350 -- Index 353