From a single cell to 1.2 million: Scientists successfully create the largest cellular “family tree” for a mammal
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Researchers successfully built a time-calibrated lineage tree showing how a single cell turned into 1.28 million—about 10% of the cells in a two-week-old mouse embryo. This is by far the largest lineage tree ever built for a mammal.
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