Clonal drift in the aging gut: Mapping the fate of stem cells over time

Aging tissue gradually loses its cellular diversity due to stem cell exhaustion. A new study tracks intestinal stem cell lineages across the lifespan revealing that clonal attrition happens during early age in Drosophila.

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