See Also: chromosome banding(medicine)
Chromosome banding(health)
Giemsa chromosome banding stain(medicine)
quinacrine chromosome banding stain(medicine)
C banding(medicine)
NOR-banding(medicine)
G-banding(medicine)
q-banding(medicine)
Banding(medicine)
R-banding(medicine)

Chromosome banding (health)


The treatment of chromosomes to reveal characteristic patterns of horizontal bands like bar codes. The banding patterns lend each chromosome a distinctive appearance so the 22 pairs of human nonsex chromosomes and the X and Y chromosomes can be identified and distinguished without ambiguity. Banding also permits the recognition of chromosome deletions (lost segments), chromosome duplications (surplus segments) and other types of structural rearrangements of chromosomes.