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Root-tip maize chromosomes (2n=20) were prepared by high-resolution procedures after ethidium bromide/colchicine synchronization. Using HKG-banding (HCl−KOH-Giemsa), that shows both centromeric and intercalary heterochromatin, the banding pattern of the elongated-chromosomes showed one to nine well-resolved dark bands. Differences of HKG-banding pattern of elongated and compacted chromosomes were performed by image analysis.
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de Carvalho, C.R., Saraiva, L.S. High-resolution HKG-banding in maize mitotic chromosomes. J. Plant Res. 110, 417–420 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02506801
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