Zebrafish early-born olfactory neuron development is delayed in the absence of neurog1 function. (A-D) Confocal projections of wild-type (A) or neurog1 mutant (B-D) olfactory placodes at 24 hpf labelled for HuC/D and GFP from the Tg(8.4neurog1:GFP) transgene; mutant embryos show a variable but reduced number (shown as percentage of wild type) of early-born olfactory neurons. (E,F) Confocal projections of wild-type (E) or neurog1 mutant (F) olfactory placodes at 22 hpf labelled for HuC/D; a reduced number of HuC/D-positive neurons is detected in the olfactory placode of mutant embryos at this stage. (G,H) Confocal projections of wild-type (G) or neurog1 mutant (H) olfactory placodes at 19 hpf labelled for HuC/D; a complete absence of HuC/D neurons is apparent in the olfactory anlagen in neurog1 mutant embryos. Dashed white line indicates the boundary of the telencephalon and the olfactory placode; arrowheads indicate HuC/D expression in olfactory placode. Scale bars: 10 μm.
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