The "classic" Bloomington Deficiency Kit consisted mostly of cytologically defined deficiencies. It was replaced by a Deficiency Kit composed of molecularly defined deletions in July 2009 and has not been updated since.
The full set consisted of 271 stocks.We estimate that this set deleted between 92 and 95% of polytene bands
- DK1 = 45
- DK2 = 110 (DK2L = 57, DK2R = 53)
- DK3 = 112 (DK3L = 56, DK3R = 56)
- DK4 = 4
See Retired Deficiency Kit browsing list for stocks
See Retired Deficiency Kit history for 1995 -- 2008 changes
| Arm | Nbr. of Bands | Minimum Nbr. Bands Deleted | % Coverage Minimum |
| 1 | 1011 | 907 | 89.7 |
| 2L | 804 | 762 | 94.8 |
| 2R | 1132 | 1053 | 93.0 |
| 3L | 884 | 817 | 92.4 |
| 3R | 1178 | 1113 | 94.5 |
| 4 | 45 | 19 | 42.2 |
| All | 5054 | 4671 | 92.4 |