Fig. S7 Craniofacial bone and cartilage formation is not affected in popdc2 morphants. (A,B,C,D) Left lateral and (A2,B2,C2,D2) ventral views of (A,A′,B,B′) MO-CTR and (C,C′,D,D′) MO1-popdc2 injected embryos, which were stained for bone (alizarin red) and cartilage (alcian blue) at (A,A′,C,C′) 4 dpf and (B,B′,D,D′) 5 dpf respectively. At 4 dpf, popdc2 morphants (n = 12/13) display normal pattern of cartilage and bone formation as the control (n = 17). At 5 dpf, most of the morphants (32/39) showed a normal distribution of bone and cartilage elements of MO1-popdc2 when compared to the controls (n = 24).
Reprinted from Developmental Biology, 363(2), Kirchmaier, B.C., Poon, K.L., Schwerte, T., Huisken, J., Winkler, C., Jungblut, B., Stainier, D.Y., and Brand, T., The Popeye domain containing 2 (popdc2) gene in zebrafish is required for heart and skeletal muscle development, 438-450, Copyright (2012) with permission from Elsevier. Full text @ Dev. Biol.