Chromosomes

Chromosomes in the metaphase of mitosis. The centromeres are stained with the DNA fluorescence dye DAPI blue, the chromosome arms are dyed red using the immunoassay for the protein pKi-67 in the “perichromosomal layer.” All chromosomes consist of two chromatids, which are connected only via centromere. The chromosome set for the mouse species CD in this figure consists of four acrocentric chromosomes (one-armed, V-shaped in this phase), chromosomes 19, X and Y, and 18 metacentric chromosomes (two-armed, X-shaped in this phase), which are the result of the centric fusion of two formerly acrocentric chromosomes.

References

Kuehnel, W.(2003). Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4^th edition . Institute of Anatomy Universitätzu Luebeck Luebeck, Germany . Thieme Stuttgar t · New York .