chromosome stain

[Jon Monroe]

Here is a message from the Biolab list... can anyone help?  Please reply to
macampbell at davidson.edu (Malcolm Campbell).

Jon

>I am looking for some help with staining onion root tip chromosomes. I am
>working with a seventh grade teacher who has very little equipment or
>chemicals. She has some good microscopes so I thought we might be able to
>stain the chromosomes of a growing root tip. Does anyone know how to do
>this with as few toxic chemicals as possible?
>Thanks in advance,
>
>A. Malcolm Campbell
>Biology Department
>Davidson College
>P. O. Box 1719 (US mail) or 217 Concord Rd (shipping)
>Davidson, NC     28036
>phone:  (704) 892-2692
>fax: (704) 892-2512
>email: macampbell at davidson.edu
>www: http://www.davidson.edu/academic/biology/biology.html
>

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