Fig. 7. Pigment cells and ears in mutants and wild types. (A-D) Trunk melanocytes,
lateral view at 4 dpf, showing large melanocytes in
sox9bb971 and double mutant. (E-H) dct expression
at 26 hpf, showing little difference among genotypes; (I-L) iridophores at 4
dpf, showing fewer iridophores in sox9bb971 and double
mutant. (M-P) ear at 4 dpf, showing small ear in sox9bb971
and no ear in double mutant. (A,E,I,M) Wild type; (B,F,J,N)
sox9a- mutant; (C,G,K,O) sox9bb971;
(D,H,L,P) double mutant. Abbreviations: i, iridophore; me, melanocyte; ot,
otolith; ov, otic vesicle. Scale bars: in D 100 µm for A-D; in H, 100 µm
for E-H; in L, 100 µm for I-L; in P, 100 µm for M-P.