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A third-generation method reveals cell lineage ancestry

A combination of proximity ligation and in situ hybridization enables visualization of epigenetic marks in single cells.

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This review was supported by US National Institutes of Health grant CA54358 to A.P.F.

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Feinberg, A. A third-generation method reveals cell lineage ancestry. Nat Methods 10, 117–118 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2338

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