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Editorial

Epigenomics in the single cell era, an important read out for genome function and cell identity

Inês Pinheiro1 Institut Curie, CNRS, PSL Research University, LabEx DEEP, Sorbonne Université, Nuclear Dynamics Unit, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8342-7266
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Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla2 Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells (IES), Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich 813771, Germany;3 Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, 82152 Martinsried, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-2074
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Geneviève Almouzni1 Institut Curie, CNRS, PSL Research University, LabEx DEEP, Sorbonne Université, Nuclear Dynamics Unit, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 981-984 | Received 16 Mar 2021, Accepted 29 Apr 2021, Published online: 11 Jun 2021

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