Mutational analysis of tissue-tissue interaction required for otic placode induction in zebrafish /

a source of otic inducing signals.

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Main Author: Mendonsa, Emidio Savio
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Summary:a source of otic inducing signals.
all mutants studied, expression of marker genes in
Because the hindbrain mutant studied here is deficient
contribution of each tissue has not been determined,
deficient in cephalic mesoderm. In contrast, there
deficient in prospective otic inducing tissues. The
delayed in mesoderm deficient mutants. Our data
development in mutants deficient in notochord
Development of the vertebrate inner ear begins with aphics.
for only a portion of the hindbrain, we cannot rule
gastrulation. In contrast, the data suggest that the
hindbrain differentiation. Similarly, induction of the
identified. To address these issues, we analyzed otic
indicating that otic induction was specifically
induction of placates, as monitored by morphological
mesoderm deficiency suggests that the hindbrain is not
mutants that are deficient in cephalic mesoderm while
nor have any genes controlling placate induction been
notochord or hindbrain differentiation was normal. In
notochord plays is not required for this process.
notochord, and hindbrain. However, the relative
observations, was delayed by 3h in mutants that are
other regions of the neural plate was not delayed,
otic inducing signals, including cephalic mesoderm,
otic placate, as seen by upregulation of dlx-3 and
out a role for that tissue in the regulation of otic
pax-2 in pre-otic cells, was delayed by up to 313 in
placate development. However, the observation that
placate induction in zebrafish mutants that are
signals required for otic induction during
suggest that the cephalic mesoderm provides the first
the induction of the otic placate. Several embryonic
the timing of otic development in mutants deficient in
this mutation did not potentiate defects caused by
tissues have been implicated as potential sources of
were no perturbations in the timing of otic
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Physical Description:vi, 28 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: 23-27.