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The cover image illustrates the Lugou Bridge, which is one of the most famous scenic spots and the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Beijing. The stone lions carved above the stone guardrail are in different shapes, just like the heterogeneous fate choices of hemogenic endothelial cells on the way to become hematopoietic stem cells. See page 448–463 by Jun Xia et al. for details.