Human hair genealogies and stem cell latency

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Stem cells divide to reproduce themselves and produce differentiated progeny. A fundamental problem in human biology has been the inability to measure how often stem cells divide. Although it is impossible to observe every division d...

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Main Authors: Tavaré Simon, Kim Jung, Shibata Darryl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-02-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/4/2