Editing Cytogenetics (section)

{{Short description|Branch of genetics}}
{{For|the scientific journal formerly known by this title|Cytogenetic and Genome Research}}
[[Image:Bcrablmet.jpg|right|thumb|A metaphase cell positive for the BCR/ABL rearrangement using FISH]]
'''Cytogenetics''' is essentially a branch of [[genetics]], but is also a part of cell biology/cytology (a subdivision of human anatomy), that is concerned with how the [[chromosome]]s relate to cell behaviour, particularly to their behaviour during [[mitosis]] and [[meiosis]].<ref>{{citation |author1=Rieger, R. |author2=Michaelis, A. |author3=Green, M.M. |year=1968  |title=A glossary of genetics and cytogenetics: Classical and molecular |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=New York |isbn=978-0-387-07668-3 }}</ref> Techniques used include [[Karyotype|karyotyping]], analysis of [[G banding|G-banded]] chromosomes, other cytogenetic banding techniques, as well as [[molecular cytogenetics]] such as [[Fluorescence in situ hybridization|fluorescence ''in situ'' hybridization]] (FISH) and [[comparative genomic hybridization]] (CGH).