kcng4b modulates proliferation in neuroepithelium. (A-B?) Confocal projection view of Z-scans of embryos stained for phospho-histone 3 (PH3) and DNA (DAPI) at 24?hpf. Dorsal views, anterior to the left. (C) Proliferative index in control and kcng4b GOF embryos. Proliferative index was calculated by counting the number of PH3-positive cells and DAPI-positive neuroepithelial cells of each single confocal optical section using ImageJ cell count function, and expressed as summation of the total number of PH3-positive cells of whole Z-scans per 1000 neuroepithelial cells. ***P<0.001; unpaired t-test, n=5. (D-I) Confocal projection view of Z-scans of control and kcng4b?/? embryos stained at 24?hpf (D-E?) and 48?hpf (G-H?). (F,I) Proliferative index in controls and kcng4b mutants at 24 (F) and 48 hpf (I). ***P<0.001; unpaired t-test, n=5. Scale bars: 50?µm.
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