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ArticleNature communications2026

SciPhy: A Bayesian phylogenetic framework using sequential genetic lineage tracing data.

Sophie Seidel, Antoine Zwaans, Samuel Regalado, Junhong Choi, Jay Shendure, Tanja Stadler

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Sophie Seidel *Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland. soseidel@uw.edu.
Antoine Zwaans *Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland.
Samuel RegaladoDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Junhong ChoiDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9291-5977
Jay ShendureDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tanja StadlerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland. tanja.stadler@bsse.ethz.ch.ORCID 0000-0001-6431-535X

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X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
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NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-based lineage tracing offers a promising avenue to decipher single-cell lineage trees, especially in organisms not amenable to microscopy. Sequential genome editing records not only genetic edits but also the order in which they occur. To leverage this enriched information, we introduce SciPhy, a simulation and inference tool implemented in BEAST 2. SciPhy utilizes a Bayesian phylogenetic approach to jointly estimate time-scaled phylogenies and cell population parameters. After validation on simulated data, we use simulated and real data from a monoclonal cell culture to benchmark SciPhy against existing methods and find that it consistently reconstructs more accurate phylogenies. Compared to UPGMA, SciPhy additionally reports uncertainty and proliferation rates. Our second example applies SciPhy to murine gastruloids, demonstrating its ability to model time-varying population dynamics in early development. Together, these results establish a phylodynamic framework for the quantitative analysis of lineage tracing data. SciPhy's codebase is publicly available at https://github.com/azwaans/SciPhy .

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Cell LineagePhylogenySoftwareAnimalsBayes TheoremComputer SimulationCRISPR-Cas SystemsMice

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