BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) probes were hybridized on the same slides according to Mary et al. (2014) [8 (link)]. These BAC probes were selected in the telomeric regions of the chromosomes [27 (link)] and were obtained from the Biological Resources Center-GADIE (http://www-crb.jouy.inra.fr/) [28 (link)].
Different combinations of probes were used:
Probes were labeled with biotin or digoxygenin using the bioprime labeling system (Invitrogen) and revealed using Alexa 594 conjugated to Streptavidin (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR, USA) and FITC conjugated mouse anti-digoxygenin antibodies (Sigma, St Louis, MO).
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