Fig. 5. Morphological effects of spaw knockdown. (A-D) Uninjected and
Spaw-MO1-injected embryos (10 ng), 55-60 hours post-fertilization embryos. (A)
Lateral view, anterior towards the left. Asterisks indicate posterior end of
yolk tube extension. (B,C) Higher magnifications of embryos in A, focusing on
somites and notochord. (D) Dorsal view, anterior towards the left. (E) Sixty
to 70% epiboly, Dig-gsc probe, dorsal view. Uninjected embryo (left);
embryo injected with 10 ng Spaw-MO1 (right). (F-H) Ventral anterior view of 30
hours post-fertilization embryos injected with 6 ng Spaw-MO1.
Dig-nkx2.5 probe shows the heart tube (arrowheads). Hearts exhibit
left jog (F), no jog (G) or right jog (H). (I,J) MF20 myosin antibody staining
highlighting normal D-looping (I) and reversed L-looping (J) of the heart in
two embryos injected with 10 ng each of Spaw-MO1. Ventral views, 60 hours
post-fertilization. The ventricle (arrowhead) stains more intensely. (K,L)
Dorsal view of 48 hours post-fertilization embryos (anterior towards the
left), Dig-preproinsulin probe, right (K) and left (L) displacements
of the pancreas (arrowheads) from the midline. R, right side; L, left
side.