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A major impediment to full exploitation of polytene chromosome cytology has been the difficulty in producing high quality chromosome spreads. This is particularly true for applications requiring prior formaldehyde fixation. Individual chromosome bands are seldom resolved in typical preparations, with many appearing fused. Here we describe a new procedure for preparing polytene chromosome spreads which exploits high pressure, together with other modifications, to produce high quality chromosome spreads whose light microscopy images reproducibly show comparable detail to electron microscopy images of conventionally prepared spreads. We illustrate results obtained with this procedure from typical cytological applications, including immunofluorescence and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Description of optimized downstream staining procedures for light and electron microscopy is included. 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