Hematopoietic lineage schemes commonly show two distinct lymphoid and myeloid branches arising from the hematopoietic stem cell early during blood cell development. A new study of human hematopoiesis demonstrates that, similar to findings in mice, this split is not as dichotomous as is often presented.
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Dorshkind, K. Not a split decision for human hematopoiesis. Nat Immunol 11, 569–570 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0710-569
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