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    Painted chromosomes

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    Like a paint-by-numbers picture, painted probes tint individual human chromosomes by targeting specific DNA sequences. Chromosome 13 is colored green, chromosome 14 is in red and chromosome 15 is painted yellow. The image shows two examples of fused chromosomes—a pair of chromosomes 15 connected head-to-head (yellow dumbbell-shaped structure) and linked chromosomes 13 and 14 (green and red dumbbell). These fused chromosomes—called dicentric chromosomes—may cause fertility problems or other difficulties in people.
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    Internal Notebeth.sullivan@duke.edu
    Keywordsdeoxyribonucleic acid, nuclear DNA, microscopy
    SourceBeth A. Sullivan, Duke University
    Date2010-09-03 00:00:00
    Credit LineBeth A. Sullivan, Duke University
    InvestigatorBeth A. Sullivan, Duke University
    Record TypePhotograph
    Topic Area(s);#Cells;#Genes;#
    Previous UsesTwitpic
    StatusActive

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