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Fig. 2. Effects of Bix1 and Bix3 on Xenopus embryos and animal pole regions. Bix1 (E-H) or Bix3 (I-L) RNA (400 pg) was injected into the animal pole regions of Xenopus embryos at the one-cell stage. Other embryos (A-D) were left uninjected. Embryos were fixed at the indicated stages and photographed. (A,E,I) Animal view of stage 9 embryos. (B,F,J) Animal view of stage 12 embryos (except the embryo in the upper-left corner of B, which is viewed from the vegetal pole). (C,G,K) Stage 15 embryos. (D,H,L) Animal caps dissected at stage 8.5 and allowed to develop to the equivalent of early gastrula stage 10.5. Note that animal caps derived from embryos injected with Bix3, but not Bix1, RNA are in the early phases of disaggregation. Arrows in I indicate darkly pigmented cells. Image published in: Trindade M et al. (2003) Copyright © 2003. 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. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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