Fast detection of differential chromatin domains with SCIDDO

The generation of genome-wide maps of histone modifications using chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) is a common approach to dissect the complexity of the epigenome. However, interpretation and differential analysis of histone ChIP-seq datasets remains challenging due to the genomic co-occurrence of several marks and their difference in genomic spread. Here we present SCIDDO, a fast statistical method for the detection of differential chromatin domains (DCDs) from chromatin state maps. DCD detection simplifies relevant tasks such as the characterization of chromatin changes in differentially expressed genes or the examination of chromatin dynamics at regulatory elements. SCIDDO is available at github.com/ptrebert/sciddo

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