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Chapter IV<br />

Submitted manuscript<br />

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Fig. 3 Not expression in Terebratalia transversa. Scale bars equal 50 µm, age of specimens<br />

is given in hours after fertilization (hpf) or hours after settlement (hps), respectively. Blue<br />

represents areas of TtrNot expression. (A) Fertilized egg lacking TtrNot expression. (B) 16<br />

cell stage. (C) 32-64 cell stage. (D) Blastula at the onset of gastrulation. TtrNot is expressed<br />

in two fields of cells (arrows) lateral to the future blastopore. (E) Early gastrula in vegetal view<br />

showing the blastopore (asterisk) and two fields of TtrNot expressing cells. (F) Same stage<br />

as in E, lateral view, the blastopore is on the lower side (asterisk). The lateral fields of TtrNot<br />

extend into the animal pole of the gastrula. The ectoderm (ec) and endoderm (en) have started<br />

to form and are demarcated by a dashed line for clarity. (G) The TtrNot expressing cells extend<br />

in a horseshoe-like pattern over the entire gastrula. (H) Lateral view of a late gastrula with<br />

widened archenteron. The TtrNot expressing cells extend over the entire ectoderm (ec) lateral<br />

to the blastopore (asterisk). The lateral fields of TtrNot expressing cells are interconnected via<br />

a small band of TtrNot expressing cells (arrowhead) on the animal pole of the gastrula. TtrNot is<br />

not expressed in the endoderm (en). (I) Slightly elongated gastrula stage, vegetal view showing<br />

the blastopore (asterisk). The position of TtrNot expressing cells has slightly shifted towards<br />

the animal pole, i.e., the future anterior region of the larva. (J) Further elongated gastrula with<br />

blastopore (asterisk) and two fields of TtrNot expressing cells, which are interconnected by a<br />

narrow band of TtrNot expressing cells (arrowhead) in the animal region of the gastrula. (K)

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