Fig. 2 . curly up embryos display defects in visceral and brain
asymmetries. Ventral views of the heart (A-C) and dorsal views of
the liver and pancreas (D-F) in cup embryos at 48 hpf. The
heart, liver and pancreas were visualized by in situ hybridizations for
cmlc2, fkd2, and ins, respectively. Wild-type organ
positioning can be seen in approximately one third of a cup mutant
population (A and D), where the ventricle loops to the right (A), and the
liver resides on the left and the pancreas on the right (D). cup
embryos also exhibit situs inversus, as seen by the complete reversal of the
heart (B), liver and pancreas (E). Approximately one-third of cup
mutants display heterotaxia. Included in this category was an embryo that had
correct heart looping (C) but showed a duplicated liver with a reversed
pancreas (F). (G,H) Dorsal views of the habenular nuclei and the
pineal complex in 3-day cup embryos. The parapineal is outlined in
each panel. (G) cup mutant with the wild-type pattern of more intense
lov expression in the left habenula, and left parapineal placement
visualized by otx5. (H) cup mutant with reversed
diencephalic asymmetries. L, left; R, right; V, ventricle; A, atrium; Li,
liver; P, pancreas.