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The Fluorescence of Quinacrine Mustard with Nucleic Acids

Nature New Biology volume 245, pages 240–244 (1973)Cite this article

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CASPERSSON'S discovery1 of the differential fluorescence of chromosomes stained in situ with acridine dyes has made two fundamental contributions to cytogenetics. First, individual chromosomes and even parts of chromosomes can now be accurately identified2. Second, the technique has opened new avenues of research into the structure and organisation of chromosomes3.

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SELANDER, RK., DE LA CHAPELLE, A. The Fluorescence of Quinacrine Mustard with Nucleic Acids. Nature New Biology 245, 240–244 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio245240a0

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