
Fig. 3. Lung phenotypes of Pitx2 allelic combinations. (A,B) Diagram of asymmetric lung branching pattern. (C,D) Whole-mount in situ hybridization with the sonic hedgehog probe in 9.0 dpc wild-type (C) and
abcnull;
abcnull (D) embryos. (E-I) Dorsal aspect of adult wild-type (E), neonatal
abcnull;
abhypoc (F),
abcnull;
ab (G),
abcnull +/- (H) or oblique view of
ab;
ab (I). Ca, caudal lobe; Crl, cranial lobe; LL, left lung. (J-N) 11.5 dpc whole-mount in situ with probe for sonic hedgehog: wild-type (J),
abcnull;
abcnull (K),
abcnull;
abhypoc (L),
abcnull;
ab (M) and
ab;
ab (N). (O-R) 12.0 dpc whole-mount in situ with probe for bone morphogenetic protein 4: wild-type (O),
abcnull;
abcnull (P),
abcnull;
abhypoc (Q) and
abcnull;
ab (R).