Fig. 3. Patterns of gene expression that distinguish anterior and posterior regions
of the telencephalon are for the most part maintained the in
Fgfr1-deficient mice. RNA in situ hybridization on sagittal sections
of E12.5 telencephalons using Emx2 (A,A') and Pax6
(B,B') probes. In control embryos (A,B), Emx2 and Pax6
form opposing gradients in the cerebral cortex. Emx2 and
Pax6 gradients are also established in mutants (A',B').
Scale bar: 0.4 mm. (C,C') Cdh8 expression at E16.5; the
anterior domain of Cdh8 expression is reduced in mutants (C')
compared with control (C) (arrowheads). (D,D') Ephrin A5 expression at
P0; in control animals (D), ephrin A5 is expressed most strongly in the
presumptive sensorimotor cortex
(Mackarehtschian et al., 1999)
and this location of strongest expression is unchanged in
Foxg1-Cre;Fgfr1flox/flox mutants (D').
Scale bar for C-D': 0.6 mm.