The Noncell Autonomous Requirement of Proboscipedia for Growth and Differentiation of the Distal Maxillary Palp during Metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster

Figure 2

The expression of PB and pb-GAL4 during metamorphosis. Panel (A) is the expression of pb-GAL4 recorded using the UASlacZ reporter gene fixed just before head eversion. The arrows indicate the fused labial discs, asterisks indicate the maxillary palp primordia, and the arrowheads show the antennal primordia. Panel (B) is the expression of pb-GAL4 in developing mouthparts (approximately 18 h AHE) using UASEGFP as the reporter gene (green). The arrowheads indicate the distal maxillary palps. The tissue is stained with DAPI (blue). Panels (C) and (D) are the expression of PB (C) and the expression of PB (green) and SCR (red) (D) at approximately 36 h AHE. The arrowheads indicate the distal maxillary palp. Panel (E) is the time line of metamorphosis indicating the stages and major events observed. The start and stop point for labial fusion, antenna migration, and maxillary palp morphogenesis are estimates based on first evidence of movement. The letters indicate the relative time of the images shown in panels (F)–(M). Panels (F)–(M) are individual frames from live imaging shown in Supplemental Data Movie 1. The time the image was recorded is indicated (h: min: sec BHE or AHE) and the arrows indicate the developing labial segment and the arrowheads indicate the aristal primordia and antennal primordia expression. Panels (N)–(Q) are the first 7.5 minutes AHE of YFP expression driven by pb-GAL4 shown in Supplemental Data Movie 2. The arrowheads indicate the proboscis primordia and the arrows the maxillary palpus primordia. In panels (A)–(D) and (I)–(Q) the dorsal side of the head is at the top and the ventral is at the bottom.