Fig. 1.

Dechorionation partly ameliorates the strong ventral curvature of the axis of sspo mutants. (A) sspo-mutant larvae that naturally hatched out of the chorion. (B) sspo-mutant larvae that were dechorionated at 24 hpf. (C) Wild-type sibling larvae that naturally hatched out of their chorion. (D) Wild-type sibling larvae that were dechorionated at 24 hpf. All larvae shown were imaged at 5 days post-fertilization (dpf) and are representative of 12 embryos analysed for each category. Scale bars: 1 mm.