MOLECULAR DETECTION OF CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS

摘要

The invention relates to the field of cytogenetics and the application of genetic diagnostic techniques in pathology and haematology. Specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acid probes that can be used in hybridisation techniques for the detection of chromosomal aberrations and other gene rearrangements such as immunoglobulin (Ig) and T cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangements. The probes provided by the invention are a distinct and balanced pair of probes of comparable size each preferably being from 1 to 100 kb, or smaller, and flanking a potential breakpoint in a chromosome.