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System for Semi-automatic Chromosome Analysis

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INTEREST in the automation of cytogenetic analysis has mounted recently. Gilbert described a computer program designed to sort chromosomes into homologous pairs and to assign them to their respective groups1. He suggested “that automation of the analysis of measurements of chromosomes will be a useful tool for the cytologist”. Achievement of this objective has awaited a satisfactory means of data capture, the extraction of information in a computer-compatible form. Of developments in data capture by computer-based pattern recognition methods Gilbert wrote: “While progress has been made, the problem is as yet not fully solved”. A similar view was expressed by Butler et al.2.

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PERRY, J. System for Semi-automatic Chromosome Analysis. Nature 224, 800–803 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224800a0

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