Variation in trypsin banding at different stages of contraction in human chromosomes and the definition, by measurement, of the "average" karyotype.
Ideograms of chromosomes obtained by the trypsin/Leishman method are presented in which the size and position of the bands of chromosomes at different stages of contraction have been defined by measurement. A hypothesis is suggested which could explain the changes observed in the banding pattern between stages of condensation.