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G-banding, G banding or Giemsa banding is a technique used in cytogenetics to produce a visible karyotype by staining condensed chromosomes. It is the most common chromosome banding method. [ 1 ] It is useful for identifying genetic diseases (mainly chromosomal abnormalities ) through the photographic representation of the entire chromosome ...
G-banding patterns of human chromosome 1 in three different resolutions (400, [14] 550 [15] and 850 [3]). Band length in this diagram is based on the ideograms from ISCN (2013). [ 16 ] This type of ideogram represents actual relative band length observed under a microscope at the different moments during the mitotic process .
G-banding patterns of human chromosome 2 in three different resolutions (400, [25] 550 [26] and 850 [3]). Band length in this diagram is based on the ideograms from ISCN (2013). [ 27 ] This type of ideogram represents actual relative band length observed under a microscope at the different moments during the mitotic process .
It is the most common chromosome banding method. [61] R-banding is the reverse of G-banding (the R stands for "reverse"). The dark regions are euchromatic (guanine-cytosine rich regions) and the bright regions are heterochromatic (thymine-adenine rich regions). C-banding: Giemsa binds to constitutive heterochromatin, so it stains centromeres ...
Karyotyping of human male chromosomes using Giemsa staining. It is specific for the phosphate groups of DNA and attaches itself to regions of DNA where there are high amounts of adenine-thymine bonding. Giemsa stain is used in Giemsa banding, commonly called G-banding, to stain chromosomes and often used to create a karyogram (chromosome map
Several chromosome-banding techniques are used in cytogenetics laboratories. Quinacrine banding (Q-banding) was the first staining method used to produce specific banding patterns. This method requires a fluorescence microscope and is no longer as widely used as Giemsa banding (G-banding). Reverse banding, or R-banding, requires heat treatment ...
[1] [2] Three chromosomal abnormalities with ISCN nomenclature, with increasing complexity: (A) A tumour karyotype in a male with loss of the Y chromosome, (B) Prader–Willi Syndrome i.e. deletion in the 15q11-q12 region and (C) an arbitrary karyotype that involves a variety of autosomal and allosomal abnormalities. [3]
The most widely used banding methods are G-banding (Giemsa-banding) and R-banding (reverse-banding). These techniques produce a characteristic pattern of contrasting dark and light transverse bands on the chromosomes. Banding makes it possible to identify homologous chromosomes and construct chromosomal nomenclatures for many species.