Table 1.

Reduction of BMP signaling interferes with endoderm-mediated induction of epibranchials

Transplants (genotype of host embryo)
Gangliacas (wt)cas (cas)tar* (wt)tar* (cas)cas/tar* +nog (wt)cas/tar* +nog (cas)cas/tar* +2bMO (wt)cas/tar* +2bMO (cas)cas/tar* +2b/5MO (wt)cas/tar* +2b/5MO (cas)
Normal 38 24 23 12 10 
Reduced 11 17 16 
Absent 19 19 
Transplants (genotype of host embryo)
Gangliacas (wt)cas (cas)tar* (wt)tar* (cas)cas/tar* +nog (wt)cas/tar* +nog (cas)cas/tar* +2bMO (wt)cas/tar* +2bMO (cas)cas/tar* +2b/5MO (wt)cas/tar* +2b/5MO (cas)
Normal 38 24 23 12 10 
Reduced 11 17 16 
Absent 19 19 

Host embryos were injected with either 500 pg nog mRNA, 300 pg bmp2b-MO (2bMO) alone or 2bMO together with 1 ng bmp5-MO(5MO).

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