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Mapping the 3D genome: Aiming for consilience

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology volume 17, pages 741–742 (2016)Cite this article

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The spatial organization of genomes is studied using microscopy- and chromosome conformation capture (3C)-based methods. The two types of methods produce data that are often consistent, but there are cases where they appear discordant. These cases provide opportunities to derive better models of chromatin folding, which can reconcile the datasets.

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Figure 1: Measuring the distributions of distances between two pairs of loci in a cell population.

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The author thanks G. Fudenberg, M. Imakaev, L. Mirny and members of the Dekker laboratory for discussions and sharing insights.

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Dekker, J. Mapping the 3D genome: Aiming for consilience. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 17, 741–742 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm.2016.151

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