Table 1.

Summary of parental crosses and offspring used for the experiments

Parental crossGenotype of the offspringMarkerFiguresReferences
RetGFP/+ × RetGFP/+RetGFP/GFPRet (GFP)1a
Gfrα1GFP/+ × Gfrα1+/+Gfrα1GFP/+Gfrα1 (GFP)2B,Cb
Gfrα1fl-GFP/+ × Dhh::CreGfrα1fl-GFP/+ / Dhh::CreGfrα1 (GFP)2B,Cb, c
Gfrα1+/−/Retfl-CFP/+ × Gfrα1+/−/Dhh::CreGfrα−/−/Retfl-CFP/+/Dhh::CreRet (CFP)3c, d, e
Gfrα1fl-GFP/+ × Dhh::CreGfrα1fl-GFP/+/Dhh::CreGfrα1 (GFP)4, 5, 7b, c
Retfl-CFP/+ × Dhh::CreRetfl-CFP/+/Dhh::CreRet (CFP)6, 8c, e
Retfl-CFP/fl-CFP × Ret+/−/Dhh::CreRetfl-CFP/+/Dhh::Cre (control)Not used9c, e, f
Retfl-CFP/−/Dhh::Cre (cKO)

  • ↵a Jain et al., 2006.

  • ↵b Uesaka et al., 2007.

  • ↵c Jaegle et al., 2003.

  • ↵d Enomoto et al., 1998.

  • ↵e Uesaka et al., 2008.

  • ↵f Gould et al., 2008.