For decades, scientists have probed how human DNA that would stretch more than 2 meters if unspooled from a cell is packed into chromosomes millions of times smaller.
What’s more, they’ve tried to learn how this extreme folding influences genes. They way genes are packed into chromosomes can produce cells that smoothly develop into organs and bones or that misfire and lead to disease.
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