| DA/DAPI | Distamycin A/4,6-diamino-2-phenyl-indole |
| DAPI | 4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| GTG | Giemsa-Trypsin G banding |
| ISCN | International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature |
| NOR | Nucleolar organization region |
| rDNA | Ribosomal DNA, Clusters of DNA sequences containing repeated units of rRNA genes |
| rRNA | Ribosomal ribonucleic acid |