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Fig. 4. Puffy Eye. (A and C) Side and top views of stage-matched wild-type controls, respectively. (B and D) Puffy Eye mutant embryos displaying the characteristic up-turned tail (B) and eyes that are directly adjacent to the brain tissue (D, arrow). (E) Dissected mutant (upper) and wild-type (lower) brains. The diencephalon is reduced in size and also lacks the normal curvature. In addition, the optic tectum (midbrain) also is smaller in the mutant form. T, Telencephalon; D, diencephalon; M, midbrain; H, hindbrain. Image published in: Noramly S et al. (2005) Copyright © 2005. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher, Elsevier B. V. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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