Fig. 1. lgl germline clones affect oocyte polarity.
(A,B) Stau was localized at the posterior in the wild type (A)
but is mislocalized in lgl4 mutant germline clones (B).
(C,D) Grk and the oocyte nucleus (arrow) were localized to the
anterior corner (C) but were mislocalized to a lateral position in some
lgl4 mutant germline clones (D). (E,F)
osk mRNA in wild-type egg chambers showed a posterior localization at
stage 10 (E), whereas lgl4 germline clones displayed clear
mislocalization of osk mRNA to the center of the oocyte (F).
(G,H) bcd mRNA in wild-type egg chambers showed
disc-shaped localization in the oocyte anterior (G, arrow), but in
lgl4 germline clones bcd sometimes accumulated as
dots at the anterior of the oocyte (H, arrow). (I,J)
Kin:β-Gal showed posterior localization in the wild type (I) but was
mislocalized to the center of the oocyte in lgl4 germline
clones (J). (K,L)
-Tubulin showed an
anterior-to-posterior gradient in the wild-type oocyte (K) but was uniformly
distributed in lgl4 germline clones (l). Mutant germline
clones were marked by the absence of GFP (green) in the nuclei of the nurse
cells (B,D,J) or were generated by the dominant female sterile method (F,H,L).
Anterior is towards the left and posterior is towards the right in all
panels.