Figure 4
Transmission electron microscopy results of dorsal muscle tissue of miR-196a-1 and miR-196b knockout zebrafish. The zebrafish muscle tissue was damaged after miR-196a-1 or miR-196b gene knockout and mainly showed irregular morphology of muscle cells, irregular arrangement of myofibrils, sarcoplasmic reticulum dilatation, and mitochondrial swelling. (A): Wild-type zebrafish; (B): zebrafish with miR-196a-1 gene knockout; (C): miR-196b gene knockout zebrafish; (D): zebrafish with miR-196a-1 and miR-196b gene knockout; left panels: 2500×, right panels: 5000×. ER is sarcoplasmic reticulum, M is mitochondria, and N is muscle nucleus.