Q-banding involves use of the fluorescent dye quinacrine ... G-banding is not the only technique used to stain chromosomes, however. R-banding, which is used in parts of Europe, also involves ...

Shortly after the Duffy blood group locus was mapped, Maximo Drets and Margery Shaw established methods to stain metaphase chromosomes using a dye called Giemsa, which produces a signature banding ...