Fig. 9. Muscle and bone in jef mutants. Expression of titin in
wild-type (A) and homozygous jeftw37 (B) and
jefhi1134 (C) animals at 3 dpf reveals normal patterning
of cranial muscles. Compiled stacks of confocal micrographs of wild-type (D)
and a jeftw37 mutant (E) stained with calcein. Most dermal
bones (op, bsr, cl) are relatively unaffected in jef mutants, whereas
the dermal dentary (de) and cartilage replacement fifth ceratobranchial bone
(cb5) are severely reduced. Teeth (te) are present, as are tiny remnants of
bone at the base of the teeth. Bone development occurs on schedule without
enlarged ossification centers in jef mutants. am, adductor
mandibulae; bsr, branchiostegal ray; cb5, fifth ceratobranchial; cl,
cleithrum; de, dentary; hh, hyohyoideus; ih, interhyoideus; ima,
intermandibularis anterior; imp, intermandibularis posterior; op, opercle; sh,
sternohyoideus; te, teeth; tv1, transversus ventralis. Scale bar: in A, 100
µm for A-C.