Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 31, 2016	May 25, 2016	May 04, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Feb. 08, 2016	Dec. 17, 2015
Reprogenetics UK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition	May 31, 2016
Total purchase consideration	$ 11.7
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	11.4
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	6.3
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	6.9
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)	(0.2)
Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition		May 25, 2016
Total purchase consideration		$ 84.9
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		80.9
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		30.0
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		55.0
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)		(0.2)
K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition			May 04, 2016
Total purchase consideration			$ 11.5
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			11.4
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			5.4
Goodwill, Acquired During Period			5.7
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)			0.4
Genesis Genetics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition				Mar. 31, 2016
Total purchase consideration				$ 61.1
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired				60.5
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill				28.6
Goodwill, Acquired During Period				28.7
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)				3.8
The Pipette Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition					Feb. 08, 2016
Total purchase consideration					$ 20.2
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired					19.6
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill					5.6
Goodwill, Acquired During Period					15.0
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)					(0.4)
Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, effective date of acquisition						Dec. 17, 2015
Total purchase consideration						$ 53.6
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired						50.0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill						10.3
Goodwill, Acquired During Period						35.8
Recognized identifiable assets (liabilities)						7.6
Customer Relationships [Member] | Reprogenetics UK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	5.1
Customer Relationships [Member] | Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		2.4
Customer Relationships [Member] | K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			0.8
Customer Relationships [Member] | Genesis Genetics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill				25.2
Customer Relationships [Member] | The Pipette Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill					5.2
Customer Relationships [Member] | Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill						1.9
Trade Names [Member] | Reprogenetics UK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 1.2
Trade Names [Member] | Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		4.5
Trade Names [Member] | K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			1.0
Trade Names [Member] | Genesis Genetics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill				$ 3.4
Trade Names [Member] | The Pipette Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill					$ 0.4
Trade Names [Member] | Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill						2.2
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | Recombine [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		$ 23.1
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | K-Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			$ 3.6
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | Research Instruments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill						$ 6.2