We thank Drs.Tyler Jacks,Ronald A.DePinho,Kwok-kin Wong,and Lijian Hui for the generous gift of various mouse strains.We also thank Ruiqi Wang,Rui Liu,Pei Chen,Chao Zheng,and Jifan Shi for helpful discussion.This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2017YFA0505500 to H.J.and L.C.,2020YFA0803300 to H.J.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91731314,82030083,31621003,81872312,82011540007 to H.J.,12131020,31930022,12026608 to L.C.,82273093 to Z.F.,81871875,82173340 to L.H.,81802279 to H.H.,81902326 to X.W.,81402371 to Y.J.);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.XDB19020201 to H.J.,XDB38040400 to L.C.);Basic Frontier Scientific Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science(No.ZDBS-LY-SM006 to H.J.);International Cooperation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.153D31KYSB20190035 to H.J.);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.21ZR1470300 to L.H.);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(No.Y919S31371 to X.W.);Special Fund for Science and Technology Innovation Strategy of Guangdong Province(Nos.2021B0909050004,2021B0909060002 to L.C.);Major Key Project of PCL(No.PCL2021A12 to L.C.);JST Moonshot R&D Project(No.JPMJMS2021 to L.C.).
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