A TAD skeptic: is 3D genome topology conserved?

IE Eres, Y Gilad - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
The notion that topologically associating domains (TADs) are highly conserved across
species is prevalent in the field of 3D genomics. However, what exactly is meant by 'highly …

Vertebrate chromosome evolution

J Damas, M Corbo, HA Lewin - Annual Review of Animal …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The study of chromosome evolution is undergoing a resurgence of interest owing to
advances in DNA sequencing technology that facilitate the production of chromosome-scale …

Topologically associating domain boundaries that are stable across diverse cell types are evolutionarily constrained and enriched for heritability

E McArthur, JA Capra - The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Topologically associating domains (TADs) are fundamental units of three-dimensional (3D)
nuclear organization. The regions bordering TADs—TAD boundaries—contribute to the …

Multi-species annotation of transcriptome and chromatin structure in domesticated animals

S Foissac, S Djebali, K Munyard, N Vialaneix, A Rau… - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Comparative genomics studies are central in identifying the coding and non-
coding elements associated with complex traits, and the functional annotation of genomes is …

Comparative 3D genome architecture in vertebrates

D Li, M He, Q Tang, S Tian, J Zhang, Y Li, D Wang… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background The three-dimensional (3D) architecture of the genome has a highly ordered
and hierarchical nature, which influences the regulation of essential nuclear processes at …

A comparative analysis of chromatin accessibility in cattle, pig, and mouse tissues

MM Halstead, C Kern, P Saelao, Y Wang… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Although considerable progress has been made towards annotating the
noncoding portion of the human and mouse genomes, regulatory elements in other species …

TAD evolutionary and functional characterization reveals diversity in mammalian TAD boundary properties and function

M Okhovat, J VanCampen, KA Nevonen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Topological associating domains (TADs) are self-interacting genomic units crucial for
sha** gene regulation patterns. Despite their importance, the extent of their evolutionary …

Topologically associating domains and their role in the evolution of genome structure and function in Drosophila

Y Liao, X Zhang, M Chakraborty, JJ Emerson - Genome research, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Topologically associating domains (TADs) were recently identified as fundamental units of
three-dimensional eukaryotic genomic organization, although our knowledge of the …

CHESS enables quantitative comparison of chromatin contact data and automatic feature extraction

S Galan, N Machnik, K Kruse, N Díaz… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Dynamic changes in the three-dimensional (3D) organization of chromatin are associated
with central biological processes, such as transcription, replication and development …

GRiNCH: simultaneous smoothing and detection of topological units of genome organization from sparse chromatin contact count matrices with matrix factorization

DI Lee, S Roy - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
High-throughput chromosome conformation capture assays, such as Hi-C, have shown that
the genome is organized into organizational units such as topologically associating domains …