Heterochromia (histology)

Hematoxylin-eosin staining of pancreatic tissue with islet of Langerhans

As Heterochromie (. V . Greek heteros "different", "different", "uneven" and chroma "color"; Heterochromia adjective hetero chrome ) is in the histology of the differently strong adsorption of dye solutions in different cells , cell structures or tissues , respectively. For example, hematoxylin-eosin stain stains basophilic structures such as cell nuclei blue and acidophilic structures such as the cytoplasm of most cells red.

literature

• Lexicon of Biology. Volume 7, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2001 ISBN 3-8274-0332-4