Preparing high-quality chromosome spreads from Crocus species for karyotyping and FISH
We strongly recommend ice water pretreatment as a suitable and effective method for obtaining many metaphase spreads of high-quality in C. sativus and related species, particularly for applications involving a detailed cytogenetic analysis.
Authors
- Susan Liedtke
- Abdullah El-nagish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-5475)
- Tony Heitkam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0168-8428)
- Sarah Breitenbach
Institutions
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- Sohag University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Molecular Cytogenetics
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13039-025-00706-7
- Primary Topic
- Saffron Plant Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ministry of Higher Education
- RWTH Aachen University