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History and evolution of cytogenetics
The events that have led to the development of cytogenetics as a specialty within the life sciences are described, with special attention to the early history of human cytogenetics. Improvements in the resolution of chromosome analysis has followed closely the introduction of innovative technology....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13039-015-0125-8 |
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author | Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm A |
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description | The events that have led to the development of cytogenetics as a specialty within the life sciences are described, with special attention to the early history of human cytogenetics. Improvements in the resolution of chromosome analysis has followed closely the introduction of innovative technology. The review provides a brief account of the structure of somatic and meiotic chromosomes, stressing the high conservation of structure in plants and animals, with emphasis on aspects that require further research. The future of molecular cytogenetics is likely to depend on a better knowledge of chromosome structure and function. |
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spelling | pubmed-43730042015-03-26 History and evolution of cytogenetics Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm A Mol Cytogenet Review The events that have led to the development of cytogenetics as a specialty within the life sciences are described, with special attention to the early history of human cytogenetics. Improvements in the resolution of chromosome analysis has followed closely the introduction of innovative technology. The review provides a brief account of the structure of somatic and meiotic chromosomes, stressing the high conservation of structure in plants and animals, with emphasis on aspects that require further research. The future of molecular cytogenetics is likely to depend on a better knowledge of chromosome structure and function. BioMed Central 2015-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4373004/ /pubmed/25810762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13039-015-0125-8 Text en © Ferguson-Smith; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Review Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm A History and evolution of cytogenetics |
title | History and evolution of cytogenetics |
title_full | History and evolution of cytogenetics |
title_fullStr | History and evolution of cytogenetics |
title_full_unstemmed | History and evolution of cytogenetics |
title_short | History and evolution of cytogenetics |
title_sort | history and evolution of cytogenetics |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13039-015-0125-8 |
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