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With the fluorescence microscope, objects can be visualized that have the property of emitting light of longer wavelength (visible light) when excited by light of shorter wavelength (e.g. ultra-violet light). Unstained chromosomes show no suitable fluorescence of this type, but certain fluorescent dyes have a considerable specific affinity for nucleoproteins.
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Schwarzacher, H.G. (1974). Fluorescence Microscopy of Chromosomes and Interphase Nuclei. In: Schwarzacher, H.G., Wolf, U., Passarge, E. (eds) Methods in Human Cytogenetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65787-0_5
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