Fig. 1. Defective vasculogenesis in Ihh-/- yolk sac is
associated with reduced Foxf1 expression. (A-C) Comparison
of yolk sac vasculature in E9.5 wild-type (wt) (A), Ihh-/-
(B) and Foxf1-/- (C) mouse embryos. (D-G)
Whole-mount in situ hybridization of E8.5 wt (D,F) and
Ihh-/- (E,G) embryos with a Foxf1 probe. F and G
are magnified views of the yolk sac surface of the embryos in D and E,
respectively. Foxf1 expression in yolk sac blood islands is seen as
diffuse blue speckles against the pale background of the out-of-focus embryo
heads, and is much weaker in the Ihh mutant.