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Fig. 8, Transverse sections from embryos stained by wholemount in situ for XNkx-2.3 and Xtwist RNA expression. For experimental details, refer to Materials and Methods. ec, ectoderm; en, endoderm; ey, eye anlage; h, heart region; m, mesoderm; my, myocardium of early heart tube; nc, branchial arch neural crest; ng, neural groove; ph, pharynx. Embryos were viewed and photographed using Nomarski optics. In C-E, the outline of each section and the pharynx are shown with dotted lines to facilitate orientiation. Dorsal is at the top. (A) Anterior transverse section from a stage 16 embryo stained for XNkx-2.3 RNA expression. Note staining in mesoderm, and faint staining in the endoderm. (B) Transverse section from same embryo as in A, but further posterior. Note staining in mesoderm and stronger staining of endoderm than in A. (C) Transverse section at the level of the eye anlage of stage 30 embryo stained for XNkx-2.3 expression. Staining is observed in the pharyngeal endoderm. (D) Transverse section just posterior to that shown in C, indicating staining for XNkx-2.3 in pharyngeal endoderm and in myocardium. (E) Transverse section of stage 30 embryo stained for Xtwist RNA expression. The neural crest invading the pharyngeal mesoderm is stained for twist. This staining pattern was never observed for embryos stained for XNkx-2.3 expression. The endoderm and the heart do not stain but their position is shown to facilitate comparison with D.

Image published in: Evans SM et al. (1995)

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