CONTENTS
An Overview of Rice Genome Research Program (RGP) .........1
The Current Strategy of cDNA Cataloguing ..................5
RFLP Linkage Mapping ......................................6
Physical Mapping and Chromosome Mapping ...................8
Request Form for DNA Clones...............................10
Assurance Form ...........................................11
Application Form .........................................12
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings .............inside back cover
List of Current Members of the RGP ...............back cover

CONTENTS
Analysis of Rice Root cDNA Clones ........................1
Polymorphism Analysis of Rice Genome by PCR ..............2
An RFLP Linkage Map with Informative DNA Markers .........4
Physical Mapping of Rice Genome ..........................8
An Advanced Sequencing Protocol .........................10
The Chinese Rice Genome Research Program ................13
Biotechnology Center in Punjab, India ...................14
Plant Genome I Meeting Highlights .......................15
Human Genome Center Programs and Activities .............16
Request Form for DNA Clones .............................18
Assurance Form ..........................................19
Mailing List Application Form ...........................20
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings .............inside back cover

CONTENTS
Multigene Families discovered by Large Scale cDNA Analysis ....1
A High-Density STS and EST Linkage Map of Rice ................3
The Rice RFLP Linkage Map as of Feb. 25, 1993.  ..............11
SSCP Analysis of Rice Genome DNA ..............................4
We are starting to construct YAC contigs ......................5
Use of Cosmid Libraries for Physical Mapping ..................6
DNASIS Automatic Analysis System ..............................7
More than a Thousand Rice Callus cDNA partial sequences 
     submitted to DDBJ  .......................................2
RGP Visit to US for Investigation of Genome Data Handling .....9
Internet Connection Abroad is Available for Wide Area
      Network of MAFF .........................................10
Rice Genome Research Program Moves to a New Building ..........10
Gopher Service for Rice Genome Information in Preparation .....14
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP January-May 1993 ..............14
Commission on Plant Gene Nomenclature .........................15
Activity of Plant Breeding Laboratory, Kyushu Univ., Japan ....17
Mailing List Application Form .................................18
Request form for DNA clones ...................................19
Assurance Form ................................................20
Announcements:
   RBNET (Electronic Mail Network for Rice Biotechnologists) ..21
   RI Plant Manager - Microcomputer Program ...................21
   How to get the Maize Genetics Cooperation Newsletter .......21
   Computational Molecular Biology   ..........................23
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings ..................inside back cover

CONTENTS
Three Types of Rice Callus cDNA Libraries analyzed .....1
Region-specific Detection of Molecular Markers by 
   Bulked Segregant Analysis   .........................2
More than One Thousand Markers Mapped by RFLP...........3
Rice Telomere-associated Sequences  ....................9
Selection of YAC Clones for Contig Formation and 
   Gene Isolation  ....................................10
Development of RiceBase, an Electronic Notebook 
   Database for Genome Research .......................11
Three Thousand New cDNA Partial Sequences Submitted 
   to DDBJ  ...........................................13
Erratum for a cDNA Sequence   .........................13
List of Foreign Visitors.to RGP........................13
Clone Distribution from RGP ...........................14
Letters to Editor
  Reliable FISH Method for Rice Chromosomes ...........14
  PFGE Analysis of the Rice Mitochondrial Genome  .....16
Meeting Report
Transgenic Crops, Risk Assesment and Genome Research ..17
Mailing List Application Form .........................18
Request Form for DNA clones ...........................19
Assurance From.........................................20
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings ..........inside back cover

CONTENTS
New Addressses and Organizational Changes for RGP ............................. 1
Cataloguing of Rice cDNA Clones from Shoot Tissue ............................. 2
Searching RAPD Markers for the Brown Planthopper Resistance Gene Bph-1 ........ 3
High Density Linkage Map of Rice Approaching Completion........................ 4
Toward Map-based Cloning of Xa-1, the Bacterial Blight Resistance 
  Gene in Rice ................................................................ 5
Introducing STAFF Institute, the Home of the RGP ...............................6
YAC Contig Formation and Isolation of the extra glume Gene on Chromosome 1: 
  Experiences as a Visiting Scientist in RGP  ................................. 8
Cumulative List of DNA Sequences Released by RGP .............................. 8
Letters to Editor
  Map Manager: Genetic Mapping Software  ...................................... 9
  MaizeDB 
  List of Foreign Visitors to RGP.............................................. 9
  New Books  ................................................................. 10
Meeting Reports
  RGP and IRRI Shake Hands for Collaboration   ............................... 11
  The Seventh Rockefeller Foundation Rice Biotechnology Meeting in Bali ...... 11
  Plant Genome II Meeting Highlights   ....................................... 12
  First Rice Genome Meeting (RGM1) - toward International Cooperation 
  in Plant Genome Mapping .................................................... 13
Mailing List Application Form ............................. .................. 14
Request Form for DNA  Clones ................................................. 15
Assurance Form ............................................................... 16
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings ..................................inside back cover

CONTENTS
Cataloguing of Rice cDNAs from Callus and Intact Plant Tissues  ..... 1
Rice RAPD markers and their conversion into STSs..................... 2. 
Strategy for Genetic Dissection of Quantitative Traits 
  into  Single Mendelian Factors..................................... 5
Assembling Rice YAC Contigs ......................................... 6
Computer Network in STAFF-Institute ................................. 8
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP    .................................. 4
List of Recent Publications from RGP ................................ 7
DNA clone distribution from RGP  ................................... 10
RGP Trainee Report
  Toward the Application of DNA Markers to Rice Breeding   ......... 11
Meeting and other Reports
  ICGEB and RGP Collaboration in Rice Biotechnology ................ 12
  The Fourth International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology 
    in  Amsterdam 1994: Highlights ................................. 12
  RGP Visits Genome Researchers in France .......................... 13
  RGP Visits  Sanger Center, European Bioinformatics  Institute and 
    Plant Breeding International  in Cambridge, UK ................. 14
  Automation of Genome Mapping and DNA Sequencing: Advances in 1994 .15 
  Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference VI ..................... 16
Mailing List Application Form ...................................... 18
Request Form for DNA  Clones ....................................... 19
Assurance Form ..................................................... 20
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings ....................... inside back cover

CONTENTS
cDNA Analysis Efficiency and Introduction of the
Robotic Workstation in RGP .......................................... 1
Current Status of the RGP Rice Genetic Map and Collaborations ....... 2
Non-radioactive DNA Detection for Linkage Analysis Using
Pooled-Sampling Method .............................................. 3
Progress in Physical Map Construction ..............................  4
List of Replaced RFLP Land Markers in the RGP Rice Genetic Map
 Published in Nature Genetics ....................................... 6
Erratum of the RGP Rice Genetic Map Published in Nature Genetics  ... 6
Cumulative List of DNA Sequences Released by RGP (May 1995) .......   7
Distribution of YAC HDR Filters ...................................   7
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP (November 1994 - May 1995) .......... 8
RGP Trainee Report
   STS Markers for the Blast Resistance Gene Pi-1(t) ...............  9
Letter to Editor
   Taiwanese Rice Genome Research Programme ......................... 9
Meeting Reports
   Rice Genome Meeting 2 (RGM2) - Map-Based Cloning
   Coming of Age ..................................................  10
   Impressions of Plant Genome III ................................  12
Mailing List Application Form ...................................... 14
Request Form for DNA Clones and YAC filters ......................   15
Assurance Form .................................................     16
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings ......................  inside back cover

CONTENTS
Rice cDNA Classification into Non-redundant Groups  ................... 1
New electrophoresis Chamber Able to Analyze 96 Samples Simultaneously ..3
Current Activities in Genetic Mapping Group  .........................  4
Progress in construction of YAC contigs on the 12 rice chromosomes      5
Hybridization of Rice DNA Markers to Other Plant Genomes .............. 6
DNA Bank distribution of RGP materials ................................ 7
List of Recent Publications from the Rice Genome Research Program ..... 7
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP (June 1995 - October 1995) ............ 7
RGP Trainee Reports
Maize-Rice Synteny in the Region of the Restorer of Fertility 3 (Rf3) Gene ...8
Letter to Editor
The Impact of Genome Research on Hybrid Rice Breeding: Perspectives ....   8
Meeting Reports
	Highlights of the Stadler Genetics Symposium  ......................9
	The 50th SEB Symposium in Cambridge, UK .........................  10
	Highlights of Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference VII  ..... 11
	Meeting Report of the 3rd International Rice Genetics Symposium in Philippines  . 13
Mailing List Application Form .......................................... 14
Request Form for DNA Clones and YAC filters ..........................   15
Assurance Form ......................................................    16
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings ............................  inside back cover

CONTENTS
Serendipity Facilitated by Large Scale cDNA Analysis ....................... 1 
Backcross Inbred Lines as a Permanent Mapping Population ................... 2 
Current Status of Construction of YAC Contigs on the 12 Rice chromosomes ... 3
List of Foreign Visitors to the RGP (November 1995 - May 1996) ............. 4
Visiting Scientist Reports
 Comparative Analysis of Flowering Time Genes in Rice and Barley ........... 6
 The Syntenic Relationship between Maize Chromosome 1 and Rice Chromosome 3  7 
Meeting Reports
 Rice Genome Meeting (RGM3) ................................................ 8
 Plant Genome IV Meeting Highlights ........................................ 9
Mailing List Application Form ............................................. 12
Request Form for DNA Clones and YAC Filters ............................... 13
Assurance Form ............................................................ 15 
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings .............................. inside back cover 

CONTENTS
Where is your hometown, Ms/Mr. cDNA?........................................ 1 
Progress in rice cDNA cataloguing........................................... 2 
Saturation mapping using subclones of YACs:
  parachuting RFLP markers into the neibourhood of the target genes ........ 4
Strategies To Establish More YAC Contigs and To Confirm YAC Overlaps ....... 5
Toward construction of an RFLP linkage map based on
  japonica/japonica crosses ................................................ 6
Release of a new landmarker set from MAFF DNA Bank ......................... 7 
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP (ﾊJuly 1996 - November 1996) ............... 3
Visiting Scientist Reports .................................................12
Mailing List Application Form ............................................. 14
Request Form for DNA Clones and YAC Filters ............................... 15
Assurance Form ............................................................ 16 
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings .............................. inside back cover 

CONTENTS
5W 1H for rice whole genome sequencing ..................................... 1 
Mapping rice ESTs onto YAC clones
 ---Toward the establishment of a comprehensive rice expression map ........ 2 
Construction of Substitution Lines with Overlapping Chromosomal
 Segments for Genetic Studies in Rice ...................................... 4
Application of Genomic Subtraction for Efficient Production of RFLP Markers  6
Starting from the Other Side
 --- Large-scale 3' sequencing of rice cDNA in RGP ......................... 7 
The Fourth International Rice Genome Meeting ............................... 9 
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP ( November 1996-June 1997) ................ 12
Meeting Reports ........................................................... 14
Visiting Scientist Report ................................................. 16
RGP Trainee Report ........................................................ 17
Mailing List Application Form ............................................. 18
Request Form for DNA Clones and YAC Filters ............................... 19
Assurance Form ............................................................ 20 
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings .............................. inside back cover 

CONTENTS
Endeavors During Seven Years of Rice Genome Research..........................1
Large-scale EST Cataloguing in Rice...........................................2
From Genetic Distance to Genomic Fragment.....................................4
A High-Density RFLP Linkage Map of Rice as a Tool for
Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the Rice Genome.............................6
Rice DNA Clones and their Data Generated in the Rice Genome
Research Program - A Common Property in Research -............................9
Building an Informatics Infrastracture for Rice Genome Research..............10
Acknowledgement..............................................................11
Meeting Reports..............................................................12
Visiting Scientist Report....................................................16
List of Foreign Visitors to RGP (June - November 1997).......................17
Mailing List Application Form................................................18
Request Form for DNA Clones and YAC Filters..................................19
Assurance Form...............................................................20
Calendar of Upcoming Meetings.................................Inside back cover