| ACF | Anisotropic Cluster Formation |
| ChoM | Cholesteric Mesophase |
| CH-M | Columnar-Hexagonal Mesophase |
| CSLCM | Compartmental Superhelical Liquid Crystalline Model |
| đ | interaxial space between DNA, or interstitial space between DNA in lc-mesophases |
| PGK | Physical Genomic Karyotypes |
| 5hmu | 5-hydroxymethyluracil |
| BTIL | Biphasic Transitions Between Isotropic and Liquid Crystalline Phases |
| lc | liquid crystalline |
| LCCs | Liquid Crystalline Chromosomes |
| Nc | Nucleosomal |
| NE | Nuclear Envelope |
| Nl | Nuclear Lamina |
| ƥ | Helical Pitch of DNA Double Helix |
| Ƥ | Helical Pitch of Liquid Crystalline Phases |
| PCL | Peripheral Chromosomal Loop |
| SPMs | Superhelical Plectonemic Modules |
| cwaters | structural waters |
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