Preliminary results on banding human chromosomes by trypsin after fixation are reported. This easy technique allows the identification of all the chromosomes of the human karyotype.
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Chiarelli, B., Chiarelli, M.S. & Shafer, D.A. Chromosome banding with trypsin. Genetica 43, 190–194 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123624
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