spectral karyotype

spectral karyotype
(SKY) a colored image of a set of chromosomes, created by adapting fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using combinations of different fluorescent probes to label each of the chromosomes of a metaphase spread uniquely; used particularly to identify chromosome rearrangements.

Spectral karyotype identifying a rearrangement between chromosomes 2 and 22.


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