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Fig. 3. Pituitary precursors form lens in smoothened mutant embryos. (A-D)
Wild-type embryos, (E-I) smu mutant embryos. Colored dots and letters
in A,E represent locations of injected precursor cells at bud stage and their
fates at prim-5 stage (B-D,F-I). (A) Fate map of wild-type embryo
(n=105) shows pituitary precursor cells (red) at anterior midline (B,
n=22), lens precursor cells (blue) at lateral neural plate border (D,
n=21) and olfactory placode precursors (yellow) closer to neural
plate (C, inset, n=37). (C) Split fates from a single precursor cell
(yellow/red dots in A) contribute to pituitary and olfactory placode. Green
dots, epidermal precursors; pink dots, head mesenchymal precursors. (E) Fate
map of smoothened mutant embryo (n=33). Precursor cells give
rise to ectopic median (dark blue) or normal retinal lenses (light blue);
yellow, olfactory placode precursors (n=9). (F) Precursor cells from
lateral pitx3 domain (light blue) give rise to lens epithelial and
primary lens fiber cells. (G-I) Median placodal precursors give rise to
ectopic (G), distorted (H) or fused (I) lens, and not to pituitary as expected
from median positions in wild-type embryos (A, red). Ventral ectoderm and head
mesenchyme cells not shown for clarity. d, distorted lens; e, ectopic lens; f,
medially fused lens; H, hypothalamus; L, retina associated lens; o, olfactory
placode; P, pituitary; R, retina. (A,B) Dorsal view, prospective head,
anterior towards the top (compare with Fig.
2I). (B,C,G) Frontal view, dorsal towards the top. (D,F,H,I) Side
view, anterior towards the left. Scale bar: 100 µm in A,E; 50 µm in
B,D,E; 25 µm in C,F-I.
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