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The insignia of the Apothecaries is the ''prime helix'', rendered in bright red.{{Fn|16}} The symbol represents the sacred code of the Chapter's gene-seed.{{Fn|2}} The helix symbol is often adorned with additional iconography such as wings and skulls.{{Fn|16}} This double helix is also known as a [[Wikipedia:Caduceus|caduceus]] symbol.{{Fn|38}}
The Apothecaries of most Chapters wear white power armorarmour, with the left shoulder plate retaining the Chapter colors along with the Chapter symbol. The right shoulder armor armour displays the prime helix. Some less traditional Chapters use different schemes.{{Cite Marker End}}
It it known that many Apothecaries personalise their colours, like having only the helix on their helmet's brow and their right shoulder plate in white{{Fn|28}}, only their [[Narthecium]], helmet, right right shoulder plate and knee in white{{Fn|30}}, only their Narthecium, the bracer it's on, helmet, left shoulder plate trim, right right shoulder plate and knee in white{{Fn|30}}, only their narthecium, the bracer it's on, right shoulder plate trim in white, with the right shoulder plate in red with a white helix on it{{Fn|31}}, their armour bone coloured instead of white{{Fn|32}}, both their pauldrons in Chapter's colours,{{Fn|33a}} only their helmet in their Chapter's colours,{{Fn|33c}} and some Apothecaries keep fully to their Chapter's standard colours.{{Fn|29}}{{Fn|33b}}
