Techniques in Karyology: The Bone Marrow Extraction Method

 

Deanna K. Tolliver and Lynn W. Robbins

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1991, Volume 12

Abstract

This 2-hour laboratory exercise isolates chromosomes from bone marrow. After the chromosomes are isolated, they are stained and chromosomal spreads are examined microscopically to establish diploid number and chromosome morphology. This technique is applicable to all small mammals.

Keywords:  chromosome, karyotype

Southwest Missouri State University (1990)