Chromosome Techniques

Fixation and staining; microscopy, image analysis and confocal microscopy; banding patterns; autoradiography; electron microscopy; chromosomes from tissue and protoplast culture; analysis following long and short term cultures; somatic cell fusion; effects of external agents; isolation and extraction of nuclei, chromosomes and components; micrurgy; identification of chromosome segments by molecular hybridization; restriction fragment length polymorphism; the DNA fingerprint; polymerase chain reaction; chromosome walking; direct observation of chromosomes from plants and animals "in vivo".