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Cell lineage tracing – from pioneer John Sulston, to today’s ground-breaking research

Published on 6 July, 2017

John Sulston, Nobel prize winner in 2002, determined the cell lineage of the nematode worm C. elegans. Using new cutting-edge technologies, researchers across the world are now aiming to trace cell lineages in a variety of other organisms. More…