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scLT-kit: a versatile toolkit for automated processing and analysis of single-cell lineage tracing data

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2020YFA0712403 and 2021YFF1200901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 62133006 and 92268104), the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program (No. 20221080076), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M721839).

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    Wenbo Guo, Zeyu Chen, Xinqi Li & Jin Gu

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Guo, W., Chen, Z., Li, X. et al. scLT-kit: a versatile toolkit for automated processing and analysis of single-cell lineage tracing data. Front. Comput. Sci. 19, 1910918 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-025-41249-9

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