title: Reconstructing complex tissues from single-cell analyses.
abstract: Techniques for profiling individual cells are rapidly advancing and are providing an unprecedented opportunity for studying the genetic regulation of development and disease. In this issue, Durruthy-Durruthy et al. analyze gene expression at the single-cell level for a simple but highly organized three-dimensional structure, the mouse otocyst.
authors.affiliation: Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Electronic address: tangfuchou@pku.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fuchou
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D058953:Neural Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D059010:Single-Cell Analysis; D059467:Transcriptome