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FIG. 4. Melanocyte formation is inhibited in embryos lacking paraxial mesoderm. (A) Embryos were dissected at stage 10.25–10.5. Either a 607 piece of the DMZ or both 607 pieces of the DLMZ were removed from nine embryos. Embryos were scored for melanocyte formation at stage 39–41. (B) A lateral view of a control embryo. (C) Embryos lacking a DLMZ region make heads and shortened trunks but lack melanocytes. (D) Embryos lacking a DMZ region make reduced amounts of anterior structures (eyes and cement glands) but contain large patches of trunk melanocytes (arrows mark patches of melanocytes). Image published in: Bonstein L et al. (1998) Copyright © 1998. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher, Elsevier B. V. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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