Abstract

WHEN the mitotic metaphase chromosomes of the mouse are stained with quinacrine mustard (QM) and observed under the fluorescence microscope (CASPERSSON et al. 1969), they display prominent patterns of bright and dark bands. Each of the chromosome pairs of the mouse karyotype can be iiidividually identified by its characteristic staining pattern, and FRANCKE and NESBITT (1971) have constructed a standard fluorescent karyotype for the mouse where the chromosome pairs have been ordered according to their mean relative length

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