PMID- 11474168 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010906 LR - 20171101 IS - 0301-0171 (Print) IS - 0301-0171 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 1-2 DP - 2001 TI - Classifying by colors: FISH-based genome analysis. PG - 1-10 AB - In recent years a fascinating evolution of different multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technologies could be witnessed. The various approaches to cohybridize multiple DNA probes in different colors opened new avenues for FISH-based automated karyotyping or the simultaneous analysis of multiple defined regions within the genome. These developments had a remarkable impact on microscopy design and the usage of highly sensitive area imagers. In addition, they led to the introduction of new fluorochromes with appropriate filter combinations, refinements of hybridization protocols, novel probe sets, and innovative software for automated chromosome analysis. This paper attempts to summarize the various multicolor approaches and discusses the application of the individual technologies. CI - Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel FAU - Fauth, C AU - Fauth C AD - Institut fur Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Goethestrasse 31, D-80336 Munich, Germany. FAU - Speicher, M R AU - Speicher MR LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - Switzerland TA - Cytogenet Cell Genet JT - Cytogenetics and cell genetics JID - 0367735 RN - 0 (DNA Probes) SB - IM EIN - Cytogenet Cell Genet 2001;94(3-4):254 MH - Animals MH - Chromosome Painting/methods MH - Chromosomes/genetics MH - Color MH - DNA Probes MH - Genomics/methods MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/*methods MH - Karyotyping/methods MH - Physical Chromosome Mapping/*methods MH - Sensitivity and Specificity RF - 76 EDAT- 2001/07/28 10:00 MHDA- 2001/09/08 10:01 CRDT- 2001/07/28 10:00 PHST- 2001/07/28 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/09/08 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/07/28 10:00 [entrez] AID - 56937 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000056937 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytogenet Cell Genet. 2001;93(1-2):1-10. doi: 10.1159/000056937.