Researchers answer century old question about 3D structure of mitotic chromosomes

Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 14:01 in Physics & Chemistry

Using three dimensional modeling techniques, advanced computer simulation and next generation sequencing technology, faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have resolved a long-standing debate that has consumed scientists ever since chromosomes were first observed under the light microscope by Walther Flemming in 1878.

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