Chromosomics: Detection of numerical and structural alterations in all 24 human chromosomes simultaneously using a novel octochrome fish assay

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Ji, Zhiying ^a   Zhang, Luoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Chromosomal translocations; Chromosome wide aneuploidy study (CWAS); Chromosomics; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Genetics; Issue 60; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Octochrome fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863034657     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3619     Document Type: Article

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