What is Q banding?- Requirement, Protocol and Applications

What is Q banding?- Requirement, Protocol and Applications

“The Q banding or quinacrine banding technique in which the fluorescence dye quinacrine binds or intercalates with the DNA and gives different banding patterns on chromosomes.”  The technique is also known as QFQ banding- Q-bands using fluorescence quinacrine and was first explained by Caspersson and co-workers.   Related article: 20 Common karyotyping (or Chromosomal) Abnormalities. What …

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