Arizona Karyotyping - ((full))

Using specialized fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes developed in collaboration with University of Arizona researchers, the "Arizona Karyotype" can tell a worried parent whether that tiny speck of extra DNA is harmless (euchromatic variant) or the cause of developmental delay. Unlike traditional karyotyping, which relies on manual microscopy, the modern Arizona workflow is heavily digitized. Due to the sheer geographic spread of the state—from Flagstaff to Yuma—tele-genetics is mandatory.

For a geneticist in New York or London, a "routine" karyotype might be a checklist. But for an Arizona cytogeneticist, the slide is a detective novel. arizona karyotyping

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