3D folding of the genome is thought to play an important role in gene regulation. Recently, a new era in our understanding of genome organization has been opened up thanks to the plethora of new techniques enabling interactions between loci to be captured and sequenced in depth. Several layers of chromosome organization have been identified. In particular topologically associating domains (TADs) have been uncovered as a level of folding at the megabase scale. TADs represent preferential cis-interactions within domains across chromosomes and are thought to sometimes operate as regulatory units in coordinating gene expression. Although TADs are largely constant during cellular differentiation and are conserved between man and mouse, drastic ...