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What is FISH? Bricfly describe how it works. How is FISH used to characterize chromosomal translocations associated with certain genetic disorders and specific types of cancers?
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Step 1: FISH, or Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization, is a molecular technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of the nucleotide sequence that have a high degree of sequence complementarity. Show more…
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