Topologically associated domains are ancient features that coincide with Metazoan clusters of extreme noncoding conservation
Nathan Harmston, Elizabeth Ing-Simmons, Ge Tan, Malcolm Perry, Matthias Merkenschlager, Boris Lenhard
The paper shows that genomic regulatory blocks (GRBs) align with topologically associating domains (TADs) in metazoan genomes, suggesting ancient, conserved structures involved in developmental regulation.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2016 · PreprintGenomics