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. 2014 Jan 2;10(1):e1004055. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004055

Figure 5. Mutation of Sfswap causes smaller vestibular cristae and maculae and misplaced eminentia cruciata.

Figure 5

(A, B): Flat mount preparations of utricles and saccules and cristae from P0 SfswapTg/Tg and wild-type mice stained with fluorescently-labeled phalloidin to reveal hair cells. In addition to reductions in size (C), anterior semicircular canal eminentia cruciata are reduced in 85% of ears examined (B, red arrows denote eminentia cruciata). U: Utricle, S: Saccule, AC: Anterior crista, PC: Posterior crista, HC: Horizontal crista. Scale bars = 50 µm. Significant p-values are denoted with asterisks ** : p≤10−3, *** : p≤10−4, **** : p≤10−5 (D): Sensory patch primordia are reduced in size as revealed by in situ hybridization for Bmp4 and Lfng.