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Aniline Fuchsin - Picric Acid (Altmann) for mitochondria 293 

 Aniline Safranin (Babe's) for mitosis in animal cells . . 294 

 Basic Fuchsin - Picro Indigocarmine (Alcoholic) for 



plant tissues as a cytological stain for root tips . . . . 295 



Basic Fuchsin - Picro Indigocarmine (Aqueous) for 



chromosomes in plant cells . . . . . . . . 295 



Breinl's Triple Stain, for chromosomes . . . . . . 296 



Copper Chrome Haematoxylin (Bensley), for mito- 

 chondria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 



Cotton Red - Methyl Violet - Orange G for plant cells 299 

 Feulgen Stain for demonstrating mitosis in plant cells . . 300 

 Gentian Violet Picric Acid - Iodine for chromosomes in 



plant cells . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 



Haematoxylin (Regaud) for mitochondria 302 



Haematoxylin - Safranin, a cytological stain for plant cells 303 

 Iron Aceto Carmine (Belling) for chromosomes in micro- 



sporocytes . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 



Methyl Green - Acid Fuchsin - Erythrosin, a cytological 



stain for plant cells . . . . . . . . . . 305 



Methyl Green - Acid Fuchsin for chromosomes in plant 



WC^lld •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ^ 



Methyl Violet - Eosin Scarlet, a botanical stain for 



mitosis in root tips . . . . . . . . . . 307 



NiGROSiN, for salivary chromosomes of Drosphila . . . . 307 



Safranin - Crystal Violet (Hermann), for chromosomes 309 

 Safranin - Gentian Violet - Orange G {Flemming Tri- 

 colour Stain) for chromosomes, etc. . . . . . . 309 



Wright's Stain, for demonstrating cytoplasmic changes in 



plant cells . . .. .. .. .. .. ..310 



SECTION 5— FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY 



{a) GENERAL INFORMATION 315 



{b) EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 316 



{c) STAINING METHODS 317 



1. Cytoplasm, Nuclei, Nucleoli and Chromatin, Dif- 



ferential Staining of 318 



2. Fat Staining .. .. 318 



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