Volume 31 Issue 7, July 2021

The Monkey King is reminiscent of the embryonic skeletal stem and progenitor cells (eSSPCs) that localize in the perichondrial region of the developing long bones (mimicked by the Golden Cudgel), which self-renew and give rise to skeletal lineage cells as revealed by our single-cell transcriptomic and functional analyses. See page 742-757 by Jian He et al. for details.

The image is designed by Zhenyu Hong and edited by Ran Li and Jing Yan.