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Fig. 5 (A) Live imaging of MZnpc2m/m and Mnpc2+/m embryos. MZnpc2m/m embryos had essentially normal gross morphology except the lack of otoliths at 22 hpf. Otic vesicles are shown in the insets (arrowheads). Older MZnpc2m/m embryos manifested additional malformations, including abnormal head/brain development with reduced hindbrain, no circulating red blood cells, and a curved/twisted body axis at 30 and 48 hpf. All of the embryos from three separate crosses exhibited representing phenotypes as shown in each image (for 22 hpf: Mnpc2+/m n=22, MZnpc2m/m, n=18; for 30 hpf: Mnpc2+/m n=28, MZnpc2m/m n=33; for 48 hpf: Mnpc2+/m n=24, MZnpc2m/m n=21). Scale bars: 200 μm (22 hpf); 500 μm (30 and 48 hpf). (B) Filipin-positive puncta were found on the yolk surface of MZnpc2m/m embryos at 24 hpf. This signal appears to be from the yolk syncytial layer. Mnpc2+/m (n=25) and MZnpc2m/m (n=21) embryos were examined from three experiments. Scale bar: 200 μm. (C) Live imaging of otic vesicles at 30 hpf. Note that Mnpc2+/m embryos (n=28) exhibited two otoliths in the oval-shaped otic vesicle whereas MZnpc2m/m embryos (n=33) displayed a less-organized otic vesicle with no otoliths (arrowhead). Scale bar: 100 μm. (D) Red blood cells stained with O-dianisidine at 30 hpf. Red blood cells accumulated in the posterior blood island (arrow) in the MZnpc2m/m embryo (n=24), indicating that red blood cells were formed but not circulating in these embryos. This accumulation of RBCs was not observed in Mnpc2+/m embryos (n=21). At 48 hpf, circulating blood cells were observed in caudal artery (red arrowhead) and vein (white arrowhead) of the Mnpc2+/m embryos (n=18), whereas blood cells remained sequestered in the posterior blood island in MZnpc2m/m embryos (asterisk) (n=23). Y, yolk stalk extension. Scale bars: 200 μm (30 hpf); 100 μm (48 hpf). All experiments were repeated three times.

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