Chromosome Territory Modeller and Viewer
Fig 6
Step VI of the modelling process: simulating chromatin decondensation.
The condensed state of a chromosome is represented by a chain of beads identified with three numbers (white circles). The chromosome decondensation is simulated by adding new beads (grey circles) along the length of the entire chromosome, not only at the last created bead. The coordinates of the new beads are generated randomly. The candidate beads B4, B5, B6 (dotted line circles) will be discarded because they do not pass collision detection procedures: B4 and B5 are too far from the”own” chromosome (condition C4 is not met), B6 is too close to the”foreign” beads (condition C5 is not met).