Fig. 1. Pigment cell defects in cls/sox10-/-,
nac/mitfa-/- and
cls/sox10-/-;nac/mitfa-/- mutant
embryos. Lateral views of the dorsal trunk of 3 dpf wild type (A),
nac/mitfab692/b692 (B), cls/sox10t3/t3
(C) and cls/sox10 t3/t3;nac/mitfa
b692/b692 (D) embryos. Wild-type embryos have large flat
melanophores (black arrow), cls/sox10-/- and
cls/sox10-/-;nac/mitfa-/- embryos have
a few tiny rounded melanophores (black arrows), but
nac/mitfa-/- embryos lack melanophores. Iridophores (white
arrows) are not reduced in nac/mitfa-/- embryos but are
severely reduced in cls/sox10-/- and
cls/sox10-/-;nac/mitfa-/-. Double
mutant embryos were identified by PCR genotyping.