Exporting: losing chapter markers

I have a video with 6 sequences. #2-5 are the 5 sections of my video. Sequence #1 contains the other 5 in order, to give me a "full video" sequence.
When I export a single sequence, the chapter markers remain intact. But when I export Sequence #1 (which contains all 5), all chapter markers are lost.
(Exporting through Compressor to DVD Studio Pro.)
How can I export my full video without losing the chapter markers?
Thanks for any help!
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You're correct, the green chapter markers are in each individual sequence. What threw me off though, is that even in the "master" sequence (containing the nested ones), I could right-click on the timeline and all the chapter markers were available to jump to. I don't understand why they don't export.
I did export the sequences separately. In DVDSP, creating a separate track for each one preserves the chapter markers. But if I combine them on a single track as you suggested, only the first clip/sequence has its chapter markers -- none of the others come in with the clips.
So, I now have five separate tracks, and had to recreate all the stories I'd already done, as well as re-link all my menus. What a huge amount of unnecessary work.
The FCP manual talks about nested sequences and suggests using them to combine into one master sequence. It sure doesn't mention that you lose all your chapter markers.
Is there a better way to get FCP sequences into DVDSP (with chapter markers) than creating separate tracks, as I had to? This seems like a really fragmented workflow.
Thank you very much for your insight, and for your time!
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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