Services
The Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility provides the following services:
- Study of genetic instability by chromosome analysis
- Cell line identification: human, mouse, rat, dog, monkey or of any other mammalian origin
- Giemsa (G), C, Q, R –banding, SCE (Sister Chromatid Exchange) and silver staining of metaphase chromosomes
- Analysis of meiotic chromosomes of laboratory animals
- Effects of pharmaceutical products on human and other mammalian chromosomes
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on interphase and metaphase cells using whole chromosome paints, centromere probes, gene mapping with commercial and laboratory-generated DNA probes
- Quantitative FISH (Q-FISH) analysis of telomeric sequences
- Spectral karyotyping (SKY) in human, mouse and rat cells
- Determination of the genetic suitability of mammalian stem cells to be used for cloning purposes