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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 2. The Structure of Genes and Genomes Chromosomes from fibroblast cells of a female Indian muntjac, a type of small deer (2n=6). The six visible chromosomes are from a cell caught in the process of mitotic division. The three chromosomal types have been stained with chromosome-specific DNA probes, each tagged with a different flourescent dye ("chromosome paint"). A nucleus derived from another cell is at the stage between mitotic divisions: note that the chromosomes are in a more extended state and seem to "fill" the entire nucleus. (Photo provided by Fengtang Yang and Malcolm Ferguson-Smith of Cambridge University. Appeared as the cover of Chromosome Research vol. 6, No. 3, April 1998.)

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