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Fig. 4. Developmental expression of Wnt8 and Fgf8. (A) Comparison of Wnt8 and Fgf8 expression at the gastrula stage. At the mid-gastrula stage (11.5), Wnt8 and Fgf8 have a complementary expression pattern in the ventrolateral and dorsolateral mesoderm, respectively. The embryos are oriented dorsal (D) to the top. Hemi-sections (red lines in the left panels) of these embryos along the animal-vegetal axis reveal that both genes are co-expressed in the lateral mesoderm. The arrowheads indicate the position of the lateral lip of the blastopore (bl, blastocoel). At stage 12, the Wnt8 expression domain expands anteriorly into the involuting mesoderm, the future paraxial mesoderm, while Fgf8 remains confined to the posterior mesoderm. (B) Comparative expression of Wnt8 and Sox8 at stage 12. Sox8 expression in the ectoderm (arrow) is adjacent to Wnt8 expression in the mesoderm. The red lines indicate the level of the serial sections shown in C,D. (C) Expression of Sox8 and Wnt8 on adjacent sections of a stage 12 embryo highlights the mesoderm expression of Wnt8 underlying the first Sox8-positive cells in the NC-forming region (bracket). At stage 12.5, Sox8 expression is stronger in the NC domain, and Wnt8 becomes more broadly expressed in both the ectoderm and the mesoderm layers. The red dotted lines in the lower panels demarcate the separation between the ectoderm and the mesoderm layers. Lower panels are higher magnifications of the upper panels. (D) Comparative expression of Sox8, Wnt8 and Fgf8 on adjacent sections of a stage 12/12.5 embryo confirms that Fgf8 is not co-expressed with Wnt8 in the mesoderm underlying the NC-forming region. The red dotted lines indicate the separation between the ectoderm and the mesoderm layers. (E) In the posterior region of the same embryo, Fgf8 is detected in the dorsolateral mesoderm, around the yolk plug (yp), while Wnt8 is confined to the ventrolateral region. Dorsal to the top. Image published in: Hong CS et al. (2008) Copyright © 2008. Image reproduced with permission of the publisher and the copyright holder. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Gene Synonyms Species Stage(s) Tissue wnt8a.L wnt-8, wnt8, Xwnt-8, Xwnt8 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 11.5 mesoderm ventro-lateral marginal zone fgf8.L AIGF, FGF-8, fgf-8b, fgf8a, fgf8b, MGC79739, Xfgf-8, Xfgf8 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 11.5 mesoderm dorso-lateral marginal zone wnt8a.L wnt-8, wnt8, Xwnt-8, Xwnt8 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 12 mesoderm paraxial mesoderm involuted ventral mesoderm fgf8.L AIGF, FGF-8, fgf-8b, fgf8a, fgf8b, MGC79739, Xfgf-8, Xfgf8 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 12 mesoderm posterior sox8.L X. laevis Sometime during NF stage 12 to NF stage 12.5 ectoderm neuroectoderm neural crest fgf8.L AIGF, FGF-8, fgf-8b, fgf8a, fgf8b, MGC79739, Xfgf-8, Xfgf8 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 12.5 lower blastopore lip neural crest ectoderm dorso-lateral mesoderm upper blastopore lip Image source: Published Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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