Meet the editors

Marcelo L. Larramendy, Ph.D., is a Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the School of Natural Sciences and Museum, National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. He is also a senior researcher of the National Scientific and Technological Research Council of Argentina. Dr. Larramendy is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Association of Environmental Mutagenesis, Teratogenesis and Carcinogenesis.

He is the author of more than 450 contributions, including scientific publications, research communications, and conferences worldwide. He is a recipient of several national and international awards. Dr. Larramendy is a regular lecturer at the International A. Hollaender Courses organized by the International Association of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics (IAEMS) and a former guest scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of Helsinki, Finland. He is an expert in genetic toxicology and is, or has been, a referee for more than twenty international scientific journals. He was also a member of the International Panel of Experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, WHO, Lyon, France) in 2015 for the evaluation of DDT, 2,4-D and Lindane. Presently, Dr. Larramendy is head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Genotoxicology at the UNLP.

Sonia Soloneski has a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences and is Assistant Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the School of Natural Sciences and Museum of La Plata, National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. She is a member of the National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina in the genetic toxicology field, the Latin American Association of Environmental Mutagenesis, Teratogenesis and Carcinogenesis

(ALAMCTA), the Argentinean Society of Toxicology (ATA), the Argentinean Society of Biology (SAB), and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). She has authored more than 380 contributions in the field, including scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and research communications. She has served as a review member for more than thirty scientific international journals. She has been a plenary speaker in scientific conferences and a member of scientific committees. She is a specialist in issues related to genetic toxicology, mutagenesis, and ecotoxicology.

Contents

(*Morus* Spp.)

Amazonian Fish

*and Roberto Ferreira Artoni*

Placental Trophoblast *by Tatiana G. Zybina*

in Genetics

*by Koluru Honnegowda Venkatesh*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 45**

**Chapter 5 61**

**Chapter 6 75**

**Chapter 7 89**

Studies on Basic Chromosome Number, Ploidy Level, Chromosomal Association and Configuration and Meiotic Behavior in Mulberry

Composition and Nature of Heterochromatin in the Electrical Fish

Heterochromatin Dynamics in Response to Environmental Stress in

Chromosome Banding and Mechanism of Chromosome Aberrations

Genome Modifications Involved in Developmental Programs of the

Next-Generation Sequencing Revealed that High Proportion of Human Embryos Resulted from Donor Eggs Are Segmental Chromosome Abnormal

Haematological Malignancies: Overview of the Recent Progresses

*by Maelin da Silva, Daniele Aparecida Matoso, Vladimir Pavan Margarido,* 

(Knifefishes) *Gymnotus* (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae)

*Eliana Feldberg and Roberto Ferreira Artoni*

*by Daniele Aparecida Matoso, Maelin da Silva, Hallana Cristina Menezes da Silva, Eliana Feldberg* 

*by Sanjay Kumar, Asikho Kiso and N. Abenthung Kithan*

*by Xiangli Niu, Yanping Lao, Yan Sun and Weihua Wang*

*by Mounia Bendari, Sofia Sraidi and Nisrine Khoubila*
