Fig. 4. Disp null mutants phenocopy Smo mutants. (A-D) External
morphology of wild-type (A), Disp-/- (B),
Smo-/- (C) and Shh-/- (D) embryos at
9.5 dpc. All views are lateral except B,C, which represent lateral ventral
views. Note that embryos in B,C have initiated but failed to complete turning.
By contrast, Shh-/- embryo (D) collected at a similar
stage has completed embryonic turning. (E-H) Cross-sections of 9.5 dpc
wild-type (E), Disp-/- (F), Smo-/- (G)
and Shh-/- (H) embryos at the level of the heart tube
stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin. Arrows in F,G indicate the linear heart
tube in Disp (F) and Smo (G) mutants, when compared with the
multichambered heart in the wild-type (E) and Shh-/- (H)
embryos. All major cell types are present in a grossly normal organization in
Disp mutants (F).