Unique territorial and compartmental organization of chromosomes in the holocentric silkworm
José Gil, Emily Navarrete, Clio B. Hockens, Neil Chowdhury, Sameer Abraham, Gaetan Cornilleau, Elissa P. Lei, Julien Mozziconacci, Edward J. Banigan, Leah F. Rosin, Leonid A. Mirny, Héloïse Muller, Ines Anna Drinnenberg
The paper discovers a novel chromatin folding structure, compartment S, in the silkworm Bombyx mori using Hi-C, showing unique loop extrusion and contact patterns.
The EMBO Journal · Feb 2, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics