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. 2024 Oct 8;6(4):lqae139. doi: 10.1093/nargab/lqae139

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Synthetic data showing bifurcation and branching models. (A) Bifurcation as a model of cell-fate decision. Bi-potential progenitor cells (black) proceed to a decision point after which they proceed in one of two new directions in gene expression space. (B) A simplified version of branching behaviour as a model of cell-fate decision. Here bi-potential cells proceed along a default developmental pathway to one of their potential outcomes. The decision is whether or not to leave this default pathway and develop in a new direction. (C) In this version of branching behaviour, there is a region rather than a single point at which cells choose to leave the default pathway.