The spreading of metaphases is a slow process which leads to a stretching of chromosomes

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Hliscs, R ^a   Muhlig P ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE;

EID: 0343924499     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134537     Document Type: Article

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