Giemsa staining of the sites replicating DNA early in human lymphocyte chromosomes
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cytogenetic and Genome Research
- Vol. 15 (6) , 363-371
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000130535
Abstract
A timetable for the initiation of DNA replication in human lymphocyte chromosomes has been established by a technique which allows detection of areas of chromosomes replicating at a given interval of the S-phase. The resolution of the method, using 33258 Hoechst-Giemsa staining, is more refined than that obtained with 3H-thymidine autoradiography. Early replicating regions coincide with R-bands. The timetable is rather coarse since replication may start asynchronously in the same region of homologous autosomes of the same metaphase and since even the sequence of bands appearing on individual chromosomes sometimes deviates from the rule.Keywords
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