What Stain Is Most Commonly Used for Bone Marrow Aspirates

question 14

Multiple Choice

What stain is most commonly used for bone marrow aspirates?

• A)Prussian blue
• B)new methylene blue
• C)hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)
• D)Wright

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Definitions:

Genetic Flow

The transfer of genetic material between populations of the same species or between different species, leading to changes in genetic makeup.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution involving random fluctuations in the frequency of alleles within a population, which can cause genetic variation to decrease over time.

Bottleneck

A sudden decrease in a population size caused by adverse environmental factors; may result in genetic drift; also called genetic bottleneck or population bottleneck.

Directional Selection

A type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over another, causing the allele frequency to shift in one direction.