Expression Profiling and Comparative Genomics Identify a Conserved Regulatory Region Controlling Midline Expression in the Zebrafish Embryo

Table 1.

In Situ Expression Patterns of Identified Clones


Pattern groups

6–10 somite

16–20 somite
Hatching glands 46 (30.3%) 44 (28.9%)
Notochord 63 (47.4%) 51 (33.6%)
Floor plate n.d. 17 (11.2%)
Hypochord n.a. 11 (7.2%)
Somites 21 (13.8%) 22 (14.5%)
Lateral plate mesoderm/pronephros 6 (3.9%) 6 (3.9%)
Nervous system/sensory organs 9 (5.9%) 13 (8.5%)
Sum of axial structuresa
85 (55.9%)
81 (53.3%)
  • a Hatching glands and/or notochord/floor plate/hypochord

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