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Published on: December 16, 2015
Preferential C-banding of wheat or rye chromosomes
1Plant Breeding Institute, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge, England.
Abstract:
Using different stains, wheat chromosomes could be distinguished from rye chromosomes by preferential staining. C-bands of rye chromosomes were preferentially stained with Giemsa while those of wheat chromosomes were preferentially stained with either Leishman or Wright stain. Preferential staining aids the identification of wheat and rye chromosomes and chromosome segments and in particular the recognition of wheat/rye chromosome substitutions and translocations.
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