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    Color-coded chromosomes

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    By mixing fluorescent dyes like an artist mixes paints, scientists are able to color code individual chromosomes. The technique, abbreviated multicolor-FISH, allows researchers to visualize genetic abnormalities often linked to disease. In this image, "painted" chromosomes from a person with a hereditary disease called Werner Syndrome show where a piece of one chromosome has fused to another (see the gold-tipped maroon chromosome in the center). As reported by molecular biologist Jan Karlseder of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, such damage is typical among people with this rare syndrome.
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    Keywordsfluorescent in situ hybridiszation
    SourceAnna Jauch, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany
    Date2007-12-07 00:00:00
    Credit LineAnna Jauch, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany
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    Record TypePhotograph
    Topic Area(s);#Tools and Techniques;#
    Previous UsesFeatured in the March 21, 2007, issue of Biomedical Beat.
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