Part I. Basic Concepts and TechniquesMolecular Cytogenetics in Medicine: An OverviewYao-Shan FanLabeling Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probes for Genomic TargetsLarry E. Morrison, Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Teresa M. Ruffalo, and Kim A. WilberLabeling Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probes for RNA TargetsRamesh Ramakrishnan and Larry E. MorrisonBasic FISH Techniques and TroubleshootingSue Van Stedum and Walter KingPart II. Evolving Techniques and ApplicationsChromosome MicrodissectionXin-Yuan GuanPrimed In Situ LabelingJørn KochSpectral KaryotypingJane Bayani and Jeremy A. SquireMulticolor FISHSyed M. Jalal and Mark E. LawCharacterization of Constitutional Chromosome Abnormalities by Comparative Genomic HybridizationBrynn Levy and Kurt HirschhornColor BandingVicki L. Hopwood, Christi J. Hada, and Armand B. GlassmanMulticolor Fiber FISHJaennelle Kraan, Anne R. M. von Bergh, Karin Kleiverda, Jan-Willem Vaandrager, Ekaterina S. Jordanova, Anton K. Raap, Philip M. Kluin, and Ed SchuuringMulti-Telomere FISHSamantha J. L. Knight and Jonathan FlintFluorescence Genotyping for Screening Cryptic Telomeric RearrangementsLaurence Colleaux, Solange Heuertz, Florence Molinari, and Marlene RioMicroarray CGH, Ben Beheshti, Paul C. Park, Ilan Braude, and Jeremy A. SquirePart III. Special Applications in Chromosomal DisordersMolecular Approaches for Delineating Marker ChromosomesMichael D. Graf and Stuart SchwartzInterphase FISH for Prenatal Diagnosis of Common AneuploidiesBaruch Feldman, Ayala Aviram-Goldring, and Mark I. EvansPrenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities Using Maternal Blood, Farideh Z. Bischoff, Dianne X. Dang, Dorothy E. Lewis, and Joe LeighSimpsonPreimplantation FISH Diagnosis of AneuploidiesYury Verlinsky, Jeanine Cieslak, and Anver KulievMicrodeletion Syndromes: Characteristics and DiagnosisStuart Schwartz and Michael D. GrafMolecular Detection of Uniparental DisomyWendy P. RobinsonMolecular Cytogenetics in Reproductive PathologyHélène Bruyère, Evica Rajcan-Separovic, and Dagmar K. KalousekPart IV. Special Applications in OncologyInterphase FISH Studies of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Gordon W. DewaldChromogenic In Situ Hybridization and FISH in PathologyBae-Li Hsi, Sheng Xiao, and Jonathan A. FletcherFISH Detection of HER2 Amplification in Breast CancerRosemary E. Mueller and Frances P. O'MalleyComparative Genomic Hybridization in Cancer InvestigationsMarjan M. Weiss, Mario A. J. A. Hermsen, Gerrit A. Meijer, and Paul J. van DiestSimultaneous Fluorescence Immunophenotyping and FISH on Tumor CellsYanming Zhang and Brigitte SchlegelbergerBAC Resource for Molecular CytogeneticsXiao-Ning Chen and Julie R. KorenbergIndex... Mehr