Above: DNA superloops. (Guhapriya Ranganathan) as part of her exhibition Cultured Interactions recently commissioned by the Broad Institute. Women have two X chromosomes. Unfolded, each X is two inches long. One is inactive and folds into a structure called the Barr Body, which was discovered in 1949. The Barr Body contains massive superloops bringing DNA sequences […]

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