A new dimension for genome studies

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A new dimension for genome studies

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3d-genome.html


Scientists have long known that DNA is arranged in a double helix. But if the double helix did not fold further, each cell's genome would be two meters long — far too large to fit into the nucleus of a human cell, which is about a hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.
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