Most importantly, G-banding produces reproducible patterns for each chromosome, and these patterns are shared between the individuals of a species. An example of Giemsa-stained human chromosomes ...

Regions are identified by the specific morphological features that are consistently found in a chromosome, such as the presence of prominent Giemsa-staining bands. The regions are named p1 ...

At the initial diagnosis, Ph chromosome was not detected because the G-banding method analyzed only metaphase cells, which contained few Ph-positive clones. In order to offer effective therapy ...