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Actively Replicating Domains Randomly Associate into Replication Factories

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Mathematical Modelling of Chromosome Replication and Replicative Stress

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In the previous chapter DNA was treated as a stiff, one-dimensional line. However within a cellular environment DNA diffuses and organises into structures on different scales as for instance being wrapped around nucleosomes or forming chromatin.

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Karschau, J. (2015). Actively Replicating Domains Randomly Associate into Replication Factories. In: Mathematical Modelling of Chromosome Replication and Replicative Stress. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08861-7_3

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