Methods of preparing cells for chromosome study in the laboratory. Photomicrography of cell division shows how chromosomes split and build up two daughter sets with the same number of chromosomes. The film also shows abnormal arrangements and concludes with the analysis used in studies of cancer.
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ACMI Identifier
320342
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chromosomes
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cell division
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chromosomes
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)