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Fig. 4. Rescue of Brachyury expression in
A1-/-
-/- double mutant embryos.
Brachyury expression patterns in the wild-type (A) and
A1-/-
-/- (B) embryos are comparable,
showing strong expression in the tail bud (tb) nascent mesoderm and
neuroepithelium, as well as the notochord (nc).
A1-/-
+/- (C) and
A1-/- (D) mutants show eversion and twisting of tissues
caudal to the posterior neuropore (PNP, arrowhead). Brachyury
expression is severely downregulated in the A1-/- mutant
tail bud (tb*), while notochord labeling stops abruptly at the level of the
PNP (arrowhead).