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What are the different types of Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes?
Posted March 27, 2024
DNA and RNA QuantitationFISHFluorescenceNucleic AcidsNucleusPhysiological Probesin situ hybridization
Answer

There different types of FISH probes include: 

  1. Locus-specific probes target
  2. Whole chromosome probes
  3. Alphoid or centromeric repeat probes
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