A three-dimensional examination of gene regulation suggests that portions from different chromosomes ‘communicate’ with each other, and bring related genes together in the nucleus to coordinate their expression.
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Kioussis, D. Kissing chromosomes. Nature 435, 579–580 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435579a
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