a Workflow: aged chimeras, analysed in (b–d). b Absolute frequencies of bone marrow CD45.2+ HSPCs in full Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 15 months; n = 7 (Ctrl)–11 (Neo1), two independent experiments. c Absolute blood counts of full Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 15 months; n = 7 (Ctrl)–11 (Neo1), two independent experiments, for HB: 4 (Ctrl)–7 (Neo1). d Frequencies of B cells and myeloid cells of C45.2+ cells in peripheral blood of Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 15 months; n = 5–13 (for exact n/timepoint please see Source data file), two independent experiments. Analysis with two-way-ANOVA, multiple comparisons with LSD Fisher’s test. e Workflow: assessment of HSC potency derived from 15 months (aged) chimeras. f Frequency of CD45.2+ vs. competitor HSCs 16 weeks transplantation of 100 or 500 HSCs from of aged Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras; n = 6 (Ctrl + 500 HSC Neo1)–7(100 HSC, Neo1), two independent experiments. g Workflow: secondary and tertiary transplantations of 15 months (aged) chimeras. h Absolute frequencies of bone marrow CD45.2+ HSPCs in 2° transplantations of aged Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 4 months; n = 7 (Ctrl)–8 (Neo1), two independent experiments. i Absolute frequencies of bone marrow CD45.2+ HSPCs in 3° transplantations of aged Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 4 months; n = 6, two independent experiments. j Workflow: generation of full chimeras used in (k–m). k Cell cycle phase of CD45.2+ HSCs derived from Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 4 months; n = 4 (Ctrl)–6 (Neo1), two independent experiments. l MFI of CDK6 in CD45.2+ HSC derived from Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 4 months; n = 23 (Neo1)–29 (Ctrl). m Frequency of BrdU+ CD45.2+ HSC derived from Wt and Neo1gt//gt chimeras after 4 months, 48 h post BrdU injection; n = 6, two independent experiments. For all panels, ±SD is shown. n indicates biological replicates. P value was determined by two-tailed t test unless stated otherwise. Scale bars in IF images are 5 μm. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.