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Pretreatment of chromosomal preparations improves the reproducibility of R-banding. The pretreatment consists of covering slides with protein film made by a mixing of foetal calf serum and methanol acetic acid fixative. This procedure allows other banding techniques (GTG, Ag NOR).
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Bernheim, A., Berger, R. A simple method for improving the reproductibility of the R-banding technique. Hum Genet 57, 432–433 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281699
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281699