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Is it possible to reconstruct an accurate cell lineage using CRISPR recorders?

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Cell lineages provide the framework for understanding how cell fates are decided during development. Describing cell lineages in most organisms is challenging; even a fruit fly larva has~50,000 cells and a small mammal has >1 billion cells. Recently, the idea of applying CRISPR to induce mutations during development, to be used as heritable markers for lineage reconstruction, has been proposed by several groups. While an attractive idea, its practical value depends on the accuracy of the cell lineages that can be generated. Here, we use computer simulations to estimate the performance of these approaches under different conditions. We incorporate empirical data on CRISPR-induced mutation frequencies in Drosophila. We show significant impacts from multiple biological and technical parameters-variable cell division rates, skewed mutational outcomes, target dropouts and different sequencing strategies. Our approach reveals the limitations of published CRISPR recorders, and indicates how future implementations can be optimised.
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hal-02327394 , version 1 (22-10-2019)

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Irepan Salvador-Martínez, Marco Grillo, Michalis Averof, Maximilian J Telford. Is it possible to reconstruct an accurate cell lineage using CRISPR recorders?. eLife, 2019. ⟨hal-02327394⟩
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