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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 10, 34-43, Copyright © 1990 by Society for Neuroscience
An identified motoneuron with variable fates in embryonic zebrafish
JS Eisen, SH Pike and B Romancier
Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
Every trunk hemisegment of the zebrafish is innervated by 3 identified
primary motoneurons whose development can be observed directly in living
embryos. In this paper, we describe another identified neuron that is part
of this system. Unlike the other primary motoneurons which are present in
all trunk hemisegments, this cell is present in slightly less than half of
the trunk hemisegments. Additionally, this cell has at least 2 different
fates: it may become a primary motoneuron and arborize in an exclusive
muscle territory, or it may die during embryonic development. We have named
this cell VaP, for variable primary. We show that the presence of VaP does
not affect the early development of the other primary motoneurons in the
same hemisegment. Moreover, we show that ablation of both VaP and caudal
primary does not alter pathfinding by another identified primary
motoneuron.
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April 26, 1991;
252(5005):
569 - 572.
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