Fig. S5
Morphological and WISH analysis of MZikk2-/- embryos. (A-H) Bright field image of wild-type and MZikk2-/- embryos obtained from homozygotic parents at blastula and gastrula stages. MZikk2-/- embryos show disorganized blastoderms (A'-C') unlike compact blastoderm of wild-type embryos (A-C). Epiboly is incomplete (D'-H') and cells detach from yolk. F''-H'', due to delayed epiboly constriction starts before epiboly completion resulting in peanut-shaped embryos. All embryos shown in lateral view. (I-T) Wild-type and MZikk2-/- embryos stained by WISH at shield stage. Embryos stained with dorsal markers (flh, chordin in I-L), ventral markers (bmp2b in M-N) , and mesendoderm markers ( |