Polymer Physics Explains Chromosome Behavior in Early C. elegans Embryos

Aiya K. Yesbolatova, Ritsuko Arai, *Takahiro Sakaue, *Akatsuki Kimura.

Formulation of chromatin mobility as a function of nuclear size during C. elegans embryogenesis using polymer physics theories.

Physical Review Letters 128, 178101 (2022)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.178101

Aiya Yesbolatova and Ritsuko Arai showed that chromatin mobility changes with nuclear size during early C. elegans embryogenesis. In collaboration with Takahiro Sakaue (Aoyama Gakuin University), we successfully formulated this relationship using polymer physics theories, linking nuclear geometry with the dynamics of chromatin motion.