Cyto-: Prefix denoting a cell. "Cyto-" is derived from the Greek "kytos" meaning "hollow, as a cell or container." From the same root come the combining form "-cyto-" and the suffix "-cyte" which similarly denote a cell..
Cytogenetics is a branch of biology focused on the study of chromosomes and their inheritance, especially as applied to medical genetics.
Chromosomes are microscopic structures containing DNA that reside within the nucleus of a cell..
Cytogenetics and molecular genetics are both fields of genetic study, but each has a different focus.
Molecular genetics is the study of genes at the DNA level, whereas cytogenetics is the study of chromosomes..
Cytogenetics and molecular genetics are both fields of genetic study, but each has a different focus.
Molecular genetics is the study of genes at the DNA level, whereas cytogenetics is the study of chromosomes..
Chromosomes were first observed in plant cells by Carl Nägeli in 1842
Barbara McClintock began her career as a maize cytogeneticist. In 1931
Following the advent of procedures that allowed easy enumeration of chromosomes
The routine chromosome analysis ( Karyotyping) refers to analysis of metaphase chromosomes which have been banded using trypsin followed
Advances now focus on molecular cytogenetics including automated systems for counting the results of standard FISH preparations
