Fig. 1: A historical perspective of lineage tracing and developmental biology.
From: Next generation lineage tracing and its applications to unravel development

Key technological and methodological advances have driven large shifts in progress since the 1800s (a). Results returned from a PubMed search of the term “lineage tracing” (b). Timeline highlighting key discoveries that have laid the foundation for modern lineage tracing (c). Created using BioRender.