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. 2017 Sep 19;6:e30647. doi: 10.7554/eLife.30647

Figure 1. Timeline of dorsal patterning in the chicken spinal cord.

Brachial (A, B, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Q, U, X, Y, BB) or thoracic (C, D, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Z, AA) level transverse sections from Hamburger-Hamilton (HH) stage 14–24 chicken spinal cords processed for immunohistochemistry (A–D, I-–L, Q–T) or in situ hybridization (E–H, M–P, U–BB). (A–D) Pax3 is present in dorsal progenitors prior to HH stage 14 and persists throughout dorsal spinal cord patterning and differentiation. (E–H) Atoh1 expression in dP1 progenitors begins prior to HH stage 18. (I–L) Lhx2/9+ dI1 neurons start to be born at the brachial-most levels of HH stage 18 embryos. (M–P) Ascl1 expression in dP3-5 progenitors begins prior to HH stage 16. (Q–T) Isl1+ dI3 neurons are born starting from HH stage 21. (U–X) Bmp4 is expressed in cells flanking the RP prior to HH stage 17 and stays tightly localized to this region in the dorsal spinal cord. (Y–BB) Bmp7 expression starts at ~HH stage 14, and it is expressed more broadly in the dorsal-most spinal cord, including the RP. (CC)A timeline summarizing the onset of Bmp expression and generation of dI1 and dI3 neurons. Scale bar: 50 µm.

Figure 1.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1. Expression of Bmps in chicken and mouse embryos.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1.

Brachial (A–I, K, M, O) or thoracic (J, L, N, P) level transverse sections from Hamburger Hamilton (HH) stage 14–24 chicken spinal cords or embryonic (E) day 9.5–10.5 mouse embryonic spinal cord processed for in situ hybridization (A–P). (A–D) Bmp5 expression begins around HH stage 21 and is expressed broadly throughout the intermediate and ventral spinal cord. (E–H) Bmp6 expression starts prior to HH stage 15 and persists through HH stage 24. (I–J) Bmp4 has non-specific expression in the spinal cord at E9.5 and is restricted to epidermal ectoderm outside of the spinal cord by E10.5. (K–L) Bmp5 is expressed throughout the dorsal spinal cord at E9.5 (arrows, K) and E10.5. (M-N) Bmp7 is expressed in the dorsal spinal cord at E9.5 (arrows, M) and E10.5 (arrows, N). (O–P) Bmp6 is expressed in the RP and dorsal-most spinal cord at E9.5 (arrows, O) and E10.5 (arrows, P). Scale bar: 40 µm.